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[mar-uh-wah-nuh] 
–noun
| 1. | hemp (def. 1). |
| 2. | the dried leaves and female flowers of the hemp plant, used in cigarette form as a narcotic or hallucinogen. |
Also, ma⋅ri⋅hua⋅na.
Origin:
1890–95, Americanism; < MexSp marihuana, mariguana; traditional assoc. with the personal name María Juana is prob. a folk etym.
1890–95, Americanism; < MexSp marihuana, mariguana; traditional assoc. with the personal name María Juana is prob. a folk etym.
hemp
[hemp] –noun
| 1. | Also called Indian hemp, marijuana. a tall, coarse plant, Cannabis sativa, that is native to Asia but naturalized or cultivated in many parts of the world and is the source of a valuable fiber as well as drugs such as marijuana and hashish. Compare cannabis. |
| 2. | the tough fiber of this plant, used for making rope, coarse fabric, etc. |
| 3. | any of various plants resembling hemp. |
| 4. | any of various fibers similar to hemp. |
| 5. | a narcotic drug, as marijuana or hashish, prepared from the hemp plant. |
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE henep, hænep; c. G Hanf, Gk kánnabis
bef. 1000; ME; OE henep, hænep; c. G Hanf, Gk kánnabis
Related forms:
hemplike, adjective
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| mar·i·jua·na also mar·i·hua·na (mār'ə-wä'nə) n.
[Spanish marihuana.] |
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marijuana
1918, alt. by influence of Sp. proper name Maria Juana "Mary Jane" from mariguan (1894), from Mex.Sp. marihuana, of uncertain origin.
"Marijuana ... makes you sensitive. Courtesy has a great deal to do with being sensitive. Unfortunately marijuana makes you the kind of sensitive where you insist on everyone listening to the drum solo in Iron Butterfly's 'In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida' fifty or sixty times." [P.J. O'Rourke, "Modern Manners," 1983]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Language Translation for : marijuana
Spanish:
marihuana,
German:
das Marihuana,
Japanese:
マリファナ
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marijuana mar·i·jua·na or mar·i·hua·na (mār'ə-wä'nə)
n.
- The cannabis plant.
- A preparation made from the dried flower clusters and leaves of the cannabis plant, usually smoked or eaten to induce euphoria.
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