cannabis
A tall annual dioecious plant (Cannabis, especially Cannabis sativa), native to central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers.
Other meanings
A mildly euphoriant or sedating, intoxicating hallucinogenic drug prepared from various parts of this plant.
The purified and decarboxylated resin of the cannabis plant used for medicinal purposes rather than for any intoxicating effects.
Synonyms
- hemp
A kind of
- shrub
Related words
- cannabene
- cannabev
- cannabin
- cannabislike
- cannabism
- cannabisseur
- cannabusiness
- cannabutter
- cannaphobia
- cannista
- cantheism
- cannabinoid
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cannabis” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.