noun

weed

Cannabis used as a drug.

The store sells weed only to adults with valid identification.

Etymology

The general plant-word became an informal name for cannabis. The drug sense uses that ordinary vegetation label as a familiar shorthand.

More examples

  • The apartment smells like weed.
  • State laws limit how much weed a person can buy.
  • He keeps his weed edibles locked away from children.

Forms

weed

Similar words

marijuana
A less slangy term for cannabis used as a drug.
cannabis
Names the plant as well as the drug it produces.