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cannabis

cannabis

52 4.6
A plant whose dried flowers and leaves are used as a drug, often smoked to make you feel high
  • noun
  • /ˈkænəˌbɪs/
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: cannabis
  • The association with the use of cannabis and other illegal drugs was not significant.
  • cannabis use
  • buy cannabis
  • sell cannabis

So they, we were, well, it was supplying cannabis all over Europe.

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Examples

  • And, and so, you know, I used cannabis for five years and it was very helpful.

  • Similarly, the evidence for risks associated with early initiation of cannabis use is strong.

    Academic text (2017)
  • And the truth is, is that in most patients, cannabis will lower the eye pressure.

  • Only two young people stated that they had been introduced to cannabis by someone who sold drugs.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The respondents were also asked to report their frequency of cannabis use during the previous 12 months.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Young people aged 17 and under found in possession of cannabis are not eligible for a street warning.

    Academic text (2007)
  • And we know why because those cannabis chemicals increase your appetite.

  • It's illegal to possess cannabis.

  • That's no coincidence because cannabis will stimulate appetite.

  • Many recreational users enjoy cannabis for its relaxing effects.

Synonyms

marijuana
vscannabis
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433 4.2

A drug made from dried plant leaves that people use to get high or as medicine

is the botanical or general plant label used in neutral contexts
weed
vscannabis
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340 9.1

A drug made from a plant that people smoke to relax

is the neutral descriptive term for the same plant and its effects
pot
vscannabis
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295 9.1

A drug from the cannabis plant often smoked for pleasure

is the neutral label focusing on the plant and its intoxicating effects
dope
vscannabis
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165 9.9

A drug people smoke to feel relaxed or high

is the neutral plant term without the informal or street connotations
grass
vscannabis
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16 8.8

A drug from a plant that people smoke to feel high

is the formal description of the plant and its intoxicating uses
ganja
vscannabis
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10 8.5

Dried marijuana leaves and flowers used as a drug

is the neutral, descriptive term used in general descriptions of the plant
smoke
vscannabis
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5 9.5

A slang word for marijuana used as a drug

is the neutral plant name used outside street or slang contexts
marihuana
vscannabis
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2 6.2

A plant whose dried leaves and flowers are used as a drug or medicine

is the common neutral term for that plant and its intoxicating effects
skunk-weed
vscannabis
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1 9.9

A strong-smelling form of marijuana used for pleasure

is the general plant term that does not single out strength or smell
locoweed
vscannabis
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1 9.9

A street name for the drug marijuana

is the standard descriptive term without street name usage

Compounds

1 6.7

A tall plant from Asia with smelly leaves grown for fiber, medicine, and drugs that change the mind

1 7.8

A sticky substance from the cannabis plant used to make hashish that contains chemicals that make you feel high

1 7.4

A plant like hemp with leaves and flowers used to make bhang and hashish and sometimes grown for fiber

How Psychoactive

hash
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29 9.3
cannabis resin
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1 7.8
cannabis
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52 4.6
hemp
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27 4.4

Surface Forms

cannabis singular
cannabis plural

Etymology

Cannabis comes from an old word kannabis for a plant people used both for 'hemp' and as a 'drug' with a strong effect on the mind. So the modern sense of cannabis as the plant used for intoxicating or medical purposes comes from that same old name for the plant.