Synonyms for cannabis


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kan-uh-bis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæn ə bɪs


Définition of cannabis

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun marijuana
Example sentences :
  • "That is a known, though rarely-obtained, effect of Cannabis indica," observed the doctor.
  • Extract from : « Lords of the Housetops » by Various
  • It is nothing more than an overdose of cannabis or opium upon an excited nervous system, is it?
  • Extract from : « Atlantic Monthly Vol. 6, No. 33, July, 1860 » by Various
  • Cann′abin, a resin obtained from the plant Cannabis Indica; Cann′abis, a genus of urticaceous plants, yielding bhang.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
  • All forms of cannabis have negative physical and mental effects.
  • Extract from : « What Works: Schools Without Drugs » by United States Department of Education
  • An intoxicating preparation of the hemp-plant (Cannabis sativa or C. indica).
  • Extract from : « Indian Fairy Tales » by Anonymous
  • Next morning he feels intoxicated, as if he had taken ganja (Cannabis sativa), and remains in that condition all day.
  • Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
  • Hemp is hardly grown in India, except to extract from it the narcotic, Cannabis Indica.
  • Extract from : « Needlework As Art » by Marian Alford
  • Are we then to administer a homÅ“opathic dose of cannabis, or any other medicine which may give rise to a similar sensation?
  • Extract from : « Curiosities of Medical Experience » by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
  • Buck-wheat with trisulcate seeds, and Cannabis sativa are found here; barley is cultivated.
  • Extract from : « Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The » by William Griffith
  • The common name of Cannabis Indica, an intoxicating drug known as hasheesh and by other names in Eastern countries.
  • Extract from : « A Practical Physiology » by Albert F. Blaisdell

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