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mar·i·jua·na

also mar·i·hua·na (măr′ə-wä′nə)

1. The cannabis plant.

2. The dried flower clusters and leaves of this plant, smoked or ingested to induce euphoria or to treat the symptoms of certain medical conditions. Use of marijuana is illegal under federal law, but certain jurisdictions permit regulated use for medical or recreational purposes.

[Spanish marihuana.]

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marijuana

(ˌmærɪˈhwɑːnə) or

marihuana

1. (Recreational Drugs) the dried leaves and flowers of the hemp plant, used for its euphoric effects, esp in the form of cigarettes. See also cannabis

2. (Plants) another name for hemp¹

[C19: from Mexican Spanish]

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ma•ri•jua•na

or ma•ri•hua•na

(ˌmær əˈwɑ nə)

n.

1. the dried leaves and female flowers of the hemp plant used esp. in cigarette form as an intoxicant.

2. hemp (def. 1).

[1890–95, Amer.; < Mexican Spanish marihuana, mariguana, of uncertain orig.]

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Noun	1.	marijuana - a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared Cannabis sativa, ganja, marihuana Acapulco gold, Mexican green - a particularly potent variety of marijuana cannabis, hemp - any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs
	2.	marijuana - 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 cannabis, ganja, marihuana Acapulco gold, Mexican green - a particularly potent variety of marijuana controlled substance - a drug or chemical substance whose possession and use are controlled by law marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff, joint, stick - marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking dope, gage, green goddess, sens, sess, Mary Jane, locoweed, skunk, weed, grass, smoke, pot - street names for marijuana soft drug - a drug of abuse that is considered relatively mild and not likely to cause addiction cannabis, hemp - any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs

marijuana

noun cannabis, pot (slang), weed (slang), dope (slang), black (slang), blow (slang), smoke (informal), stuff (slang), leaf (slang), tea (U.S. slang), grass (slang), chronic (U.S. slang), hemp, hash (slang), gage (U.S. dated slang), hashish, mary jane (U.S. slang), ganja, bhang, kif, wacky baccy (slang), sinsemilla, dagga (S. African), charas The minister said he had smoked marijuana once.

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"I experimented with marijuana a time or two. And I didn't like it, and I didn't inhale" [Bill Clinton]

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Translations

كيفمَارِيِجْوَاناً

marihuana

Marihuana

μαριχουάνα φούντα

marihuana mariguana

marihuaana

marihuana

marijuana

מריחואנה

marihuana

kendermarihuána

maríúana, gras

marijuana erba

マリファナマリワナ

마리화나

cannabis

marihuanakanapė

kaņepemarihuanamarihuāna

marijuana

marihuana

marihuanaмарихуана

marijuana

กัญชา

esrar Hint kenevirimarihuana

cần sa

大麻

marijuana

marihuana [ˌmærɪˈhwɑːnə] N → marihuana f, mariguana f

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marijuana

[ˌmærɪˈwɑːnə] n → marijuana f

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marijuana

marihuana [ˌmærɪˈhwɑːnə] n → marijuana

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marijuana,

marihuana

(mӕriˈwaːnə) noun

a type of drug (illegal in many countries) made from the dried flowers and leaves of the hemp plant.

marijuana

→ مَارِيِجْوَاناً marihuana marihuana Marihuana μαριχουάνα marihuana marihuana marijuana marihuana marijuana マリファナ 마리화나 marihuana marihuana marihuana maconha, marijuana марихуана marijuana กัญชา Hint keneviri cần sa 大麻

mar·i·jua·na

, marihuana

n. mariguana. V.: Cannabis sativa.

marijuana

n mariguana, marihuana (esp. Mex), hierba (fam), mota (Mex, CA; fam); medical — marihuana medicinal

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