noun
cannabis
KAN-uh-bis/ˈkænəbɪs/
The hemp plant cultivated for psychoactive or medicinal substances.
The greenhouse grows cannabis for a licensed medical research program.
Etymology
Greek kannabis named hemp, the plant valued for its fiber. Cannabis later also came to refer to the plant in its use as an intoxicant.
In context
said let's take this to cannabis and check it out so here's what we did so we we took up a batch of cannabis and this is hemp okay so cannabis sativa
More examples
- The report discusses the effects of cannabis.
- Workers harvest the mature cannabis plants.
- The product label lists a substance extracted from cannabis.