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marijuana

marijuana

433 4.2
A drug made from dried plant leaves that people use to get high or as medicine
  • noun
  • /ˌmɛrəˈwɑːnə/
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: marihuana
  • Is recreational marijuana use bad for your brain?
  • marijuana use
  • smoke marijuana
  • possession of marijuana

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Examples

  • Many patients find that marijuana helps alleviate their chronic pain.

  • My older brother introduced me to marijuana at the same time, and I started smoking marijuana a lot.

    Academic text (2008)
  • And I was like, no, no, I smoke marijuana for my pain.

  • Jack was 17 years old and had reported daily marijuana use since the age of 12.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Should we be legalizing marijuana, which in my view we should?

  • We have a number of cases that that concern medical marijuana dispensaries.

  • It smells like marijuana out here.

  • Our patient had a history of both frequent marijuana use and blood transfusions.

    Academic text (2008)
  • But Hector got caught selling nickel bags of marijuana and was sent away for two years.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Respondents were also asked if they used marijuana in the past year: (0) No, (1) Yes.

    Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

weed
vsmarijuana
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340 9.1

A drug made from a plant that people smoke to relax

is the formal or medical term rather than casual conversational usage
pot
vsmarijuana
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295 9.1

A drug from the cannabis plant often smoked for pleasure

is the neutral descriptive label for that same plant product in general
dope
vsmarijuana
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165 9.9

A drug people smoke to feel relaxed or high

is the neutral descriptive word for its dried plant parts and effects
cannabis
vsmarijuana
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52 4.6

A plant whose dried flowers and leaves are used as a drug, often smoked to make you feel high

is the drug made from those plant parts for intoxication or medical use
grass
vsmarijuana
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16 8.8

A drug from a plant that people smoke to feel high

is a more neutral term covering both medical and recreational use
ganja
vsmarijuana
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10 8.5

Dried marijuana leaves and flowers used as a drug

is the same meaning but presented as an alternative traditional name
smoke
vsmarijuana
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5 9.5

A slang word for marijuana used as a drug

is the neutral descriptive term used in formal or medical contexts
marihuana
vsmarijuana
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2 6.2

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

is the same meaning but spelled in an alternative form
skunk-weed
vsmarijuana
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1 9.9

A strong-smelling form of marijuana used for pleasure

is the general name for the drug, not limited to especially strong types

Compounds

5 6.7

A thin roll of marijuana that people smoke

How Potent

concentrate
10 5.2
skunk
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13 9.9
marijuana
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433 4.2
hemp
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27 4.4

Surface Forms

marijuana singular
marijuanas plural

Etymology

The word marijuana comes from Mexican Spanish marihuana, which probably comes from a native Mexican name for the hemp plant. A helpful way to remember it is the nickname 'Mary Jane' that people often use for cannabis, and that's why marijuana now means the hemp drug used for medicine or to get high.