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proper noun

Cannabis n.

(Bot.) A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricaceae; hemp.

The Indian hemp plant plant Cannabis sativa syn. Cannabis Indica. See Cannabis Indica, below.

Cannabis Indica, the Indian hemp, now considered a variety of the common hemp (Cannabis sativa), originating in Asia but now grown widely around the world. It can be formed into a tough fiber that is used to make rope and tough fabric. The dried leaves and female flowers are smoked or chewed by people to produce a euphoric or hallucinogenic effect, caused mainly by the substance tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) contained in it. The THC-containing products of Cannabis are classified as a controlled substance, and posession and sale are illegal in most states of the United States. Once classified as a narcotic, the plant is now more commonly referred to in the category of euphoric or hallucinogenic agents.

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Etymology of 'Cannabis'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cannabis" Quotes from Famous Books

... "the perfect opiate. As anodyne it gives more ease, and as anaesthetic leaves less after-effect to combat than any other. Morphia, opium, cannabis Indica, cocaine, heroin, veronal and sulphonal act less equally, need larger doses, tempt more rapidly to increase of dose, and, where the patient knows what drug he has taken, lead, in a certain proportion of cases, ...

— Ambrotox and Limping Dick • Oliver Fleming

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