cannabis
English
/ˈkænəbɪs/
noun
Definitions
- A tall annual dioecious plant (Cannabis, especially Cannabis sativa), native to central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers.
- A mildly euphoriant or sedating, intoxicating hallucinogenic drug prepared from various parts of this plant.
- The purified and decarboxylated resin of the cannabis plant used for medicinal purposes rather than for any intoxicating effects.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cannabis (hemp) derived from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (hemp).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κάνναβις
Gloss
hemp
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
麻
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -n- English
- -oid English
- -ol English
- cannabene English
- cannabidiol English
- cannabidiolic English
- cannabin English
- cannabinoid English
- cannabinoidergic English
- cannabinol English
- cannabislike English
- cannabism English
- canvas English
- di- English
- endocannabinoid English
- noncannabinoid English
- phytocannabinoid English
- tetrahydrocannabinol English
- *canapus Latin
- canapa Latin
- cannabis Latin
- cannabum Latin
- Cannabis German
- cannabis Italian
- cannabismo Italian
- cannabis Dutch, Flemish
- cannabis French
- cannabis Spanish, Castilian
- κάνναβις Ancient Greek
- κάννᾰβῐς Ancient Greek
- καννάβινος Ancient Greek
- cânabis Portuguese
- cannabis Swedish
- cannabas Irish
- cnáib Irish
- cànem Catalan, Valencian
- cànnabis Catalan, Valencian
- canabis Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- κάνναβη Greek (modern)
- kanabo Ido
- cainb Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- kennip Manx
- cannabis Norman
- canevas ONF.