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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun marijuana has 2 senses
- marijuana(n = noun.plant) cannabis sativa, ganja, marihuana - a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared; Array has parts: acapulco gold, mexican green
- marijuana(n = noun.artifact) cannabis, ganja, marihuana - the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect; Array has particulars: acapulco gold, mexican green, dope, gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, mary jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed
is a kind of cannabis, hemp
is a kind of controlled substance, soft drug
is a part of cannabis, hemp
CIDE DICTIONARY
marijuana, n.
- A strong-smelling Asian plant (
Cannabis sativa ), also calledhemp , from which a number of euphorogenic and halucinogenic drugs are prepared. The euphoric effect is predominently due totetrahydrocannabinol (THC ). [WordNet 1.5] - The dried leaves or the female flowers of the hemp plant, which is smoked or chewed to obtain a euphoric effect. The flowers usually have a higher concentration of the active ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
marijuana, n. (also marihuana)
1 the dried leaves, flowering tops, and stems of the hemp, used as a hallucinogenic drug usu. smoked in cigarettes.
2 the plant yielding these (cf. HEMP).
1 the dried leaves, flowering tops, and stems of the hemp, used as a hallucinogenic drug usu. smoked in cigarettes.
2 the plant yielding these (cf. HEMP).
Etymology
Amer. Sp.
THESAURUS
marijuana
DET, DMT, LSD, Mary Jane, STP, THC, acid, antidepressant, ataractic, boo, cannabis, diethyltryptamine, dimethyltryptamine, gage, ganja, grass, hallucinogen, hash, hashish, hay, hemp, joint, kava, mescal, mescal bean, mescal button, mescaline, mind-altering drug, mind-blowing drug, mind-expanding drug, morning glory seeds, peyote, pot, psilocin, psilocybin, psychedelic, psychic energizer, psychoactive drug, psychochemical, psychotomimetic, reefer, roach, stick, tea, tranquilizer, weedROGET THESAURUS
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Intemperance
N intemperance, sensuality, animalism, carnality, tragalism, pleasure, effeminacy, silkiness, luxury, luxuriousness, lap of pleasure, lap of luxury, free living, indulgence, high living, wild living, inabstinence, self- indulgence, voluptuousness, epicurism, epicureanism, sybaritism, drug habit, dissipation, licentiousness, debauchery, crapulence, revels, revelry, debauch, carousal, jollification, drinking bout, wassail, saturnalia, orgies, excess, too much, Circean cup, bhang, hashish, marijuana, pot, hemp, grass, opium, cocaine, morphine, heroin, LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide, phencyclidine, angel dust, PCP, barbiturates, amphetamines, speed, intemperate, inabstinent, sensual, self-indulgent, voluptuous, luxurious, licentious, wild, dissolute, rakish, fast, debauched, brutish, crapulous, swinish, piggish, Paphian, Epicurean, Sybaritical, bred in the lap of luxury, nursed in the lap of luxury, indulged, pampered, full-fed, high-fed, being full of supper and distempering draughts.
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