cannabis
pronunciation
How to pronounce cannabis in British English:
UK [ˈkænəbɪs]
How to pronounce cannabis in American English:
US [ˈkænəbɪs]
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- Noun:
- 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
- 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
Word Origin
- cannabis (n.)
- 1798, "common hemp," from Cannabis, Modern Latin plant genus named (1728), from Greek kannabis "hemp," a Scythian or Thracian word. Also source of Armenian kanap', Albanian kanep, Russian konoplja, Persian kanab, Lithuanian kanapes "hemp," and English canvas and possibly hemp. In reference to use of the plant parts as an intoxicant, from 1848. Related: Cannabic.
Example
- 1. Endocannabinoids give you the munchies just like cannabis does .
- 2. Cannabis sellers claim to be pleased .
- 3. Cannabis use actually fell after the drug was reclassified as less harmful in 2004 .
- 4. Cannabis classification aside , these seeds aren 't for smoking .
- 5. The measures will first be introduced in southern provinces that have most cannabis tourists .