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noun

ganja

GAN-juh/ˈɡændʒə/

Cannabis used as a drug.

Dried ganja lies beside the partly smoked joint.

A small cluster of dried cannabis flower buds beside one partly smoked, hand-rolled joint in a plain ceramic ashtray, with a thin wisp of smoke.
Etymology
ganjaHindicannabis preparation

Hindi ganjha supplied the name for a potent cannabis preparation. In English, the term names marijuana used for its intoxicating effects.

In context

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More examples

  • The song refers to smoking ganja.
  • The seized package contained dried ganja.
  • The essay examines the cultural history of ganja.

Forms

ganja

Similar words

cannabis
Cannabis is the standard plant and drug term; ganja is a culturally associated informal name.
marijuana
Marijuana is another common name for cannabis used as a drug.