cannabis
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From Latin cannabis from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kannabis) both meaning "hemp", from a Scythian or Thracian word of which the origins before those are not certain, but possibly the Semitic kanbos[1][2]. Related to English canvas[3], and [probably] hemp[4]. Related to Russian konoplja[5], Lithuanian kanapes[6] "hemp," Persian kanab[7], Hebrew קַנַּבּוֹס (qěnēh bośem/ qannabbôs/kaneh-bosm), meaning "hemp", Aramaic kannabos "hemp", Syriac qanpa/qunnappa, Old Akkadian qunnabtu, Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian qunnabu, refering to hemp as "a way to produce smoke."[8][9][10] Unlikely, yet alternate etymology proposed has the Greek cannabis < Arabic kunnab < Syriac qunnappa/qanpa < Hebrew pannag (= Hindi भांग and Urdu بھانگ, and bang in Persian, all from Sanskrit भङ्ग bhanga .[11]
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cannabis (uncountable)
- A tall annual dioecious plant (Cannabis sativa), native to central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers.
- Any of several mildly euphoriant, intoxicating hallucinogenic drugs, such as ganja, hashish, or marijuana, prepared from various parts of this plant.
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cannabis m (usually uncountable)
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cannabis m. (uncountable)
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| Declination for cannabis | Singular | Uncountable | ||
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| Common | Indefinite | Definite | ||
| Base form | cannabis | cannabisen | ||
| Possessive form | cannabis | cannabisens | ||
cannabis c.
- cannabis; Cannabis sativa
- cannabis; a recreational drug
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