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Cannabis

Cannabis

9 5.3
A plant that includes hemp used for fiber and marijuana used as a drug
  • noun
  • /ˈkænəbɪs/
  • NSFW
translation icon : cáñamo
  • In recent years, many countries have legalized the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes.
  • cannabis plant
  • cannabis cultivation
  • cannabis industry

In in Canada, there was the big kind of cannabis gold rush.

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Examples

  • The Belgian cannabis yield model is based on a cannabis cultivation experiment with only 224 cannabis plants.

    Academic text (2017)
  • As a consequence, a growing number of jurisdictions have implemented cannabis policy reforms, including full legalization approaches for use and supply.

    Academic text (2017)
  • So where do you think the best cannabis in the world comes from?

  • Just to say that cannabis came from the Central Asian region, usually around India.

  • Over here is where we process more of the cannabis.

  • Thanks to you guys, we are financially thriving in the cannabis space.

  • It did not look like the place that I would expect a cannabis association or club to look like.

  • And in Spain and other places, they have these cannabis clubs or cannabis associations as they're called, right?

  • Cultivation technology is continuously advancing, and new, high-yielding cannabis varieties are being developed.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Many farmers are now exploring how to grow cannabis as a sustainable crop.

Compounds

1 7.8

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

7.4

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

6.7

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

Surface Forms

Cannabis singular
Cannabis plural

Etymology

Cannabis comes from an old Central Asian word for a plant used to make very strong fiber, and it is the same root that gave us canvas, which was once made from hemp. So, Cannabis today is the name for the plants (hemp and marijuana) known for their strong fibers and for their use as a drug.