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.
Cannabis used as a drug.
The store sells weed only to adults with valid identification.
The general plant-word became an informal name for cannabis. The drug sense uses that ordinary vegetation label as a familiar shorthand.