Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cannabis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cannabis \Can"na*bis\, n. [L., hemp. See {Canvas}.] (Bot.)
A genus of a single species belonging to the order
{Uricace[ae]}; hemp.
{Cannabis Indica}, the Indian hemp, a powerful narcotic, now
considered a variety of the common hemp.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cannabis
n 1: 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 [syn: {hemp}]
2: a soft drug consisting of the dried leaves of the hemp
plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect [syn: {marijuana},
{ganja}, {pot}, {grass}, {marihuana}, {dope}, {weed}, {gage},
{sess}, {sens}, {smoke}, {skunk}, {Mary Jane}]
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