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can⋅na⋅bis

   [kan-uh-bis]
–noun
1. the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa.
2. the flowering tops of the plant.
3. any of the various parts of the plant from which hashish, marijuana, bhang, and similar mildly euphorogenic and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
Origin:
1790–1800; < NL, L: hemp < Gk kánnabis; c. hemp
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Language Translation for : Cannabis
Spanish: hachís, German: der Hanf, das Haschisch, Japanese: 麻薬の一種
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can·na·bis     (kān'ə-bĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A tall annual dioecious plant (Cannabis sativa), native to central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers.
  2. Any of several mildly euphoriant, intoxicating hallucinogenic drugs, such as ganja, hashish, or marijuana, prepared from various parts of this plant.

[Latin, from Greek kannabis.]
can'na·bic (-bĭk) adj.
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cannabis 
plant genus named 1728, from Gk. kannabis "hemp," a Scythian or Thracian word. Also source of Rus. konoplja, Pers. kanab, Lith. kanapes "hemp," and Eng. canvas and possibly hemp.

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cannabis

noun
1. any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs 
2. the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect 

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cannabis can·na·bis (kān'ə-bĭs)
n.
Any of several mildly euphoriant, intoxicating hallucinogenic drugs, such as hashish or marijuana, prepared from various parts of the hemp plant.

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Main Entry: can·na·bis
Pronunciation: 'kan-&-b&s
Function: noun
1 a capitalized : a genus of annual herbs (familyMoraceae) that have leaves with three to seven elongate leaflets and pistillate flowers in spikes along the leafy erect stems and that include the hemp (C. sativa) b : HEMP 1
2 : any of the preparations (as marijuana or hashish) or chemicals (as THC) that are derived from the hempand are psychoactive

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Cannabis

Can"na*bis\, n. [L., hemp. See Canvas.] (Bot.) A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricace[ae]; hemp.

Cannabis Indica, the Indian hemp, a powerful narcotic, now considered a variety of the common hemp.

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