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marijuana

[ mar-uh-wah-nuh ]

noun

  1. a psychoactive narcotic drug rendered from the leaves and flowering tops of a cannabis plant, especially Cannabis sativa, used for recreational or medical purposes by smoking, vaping, or ingesting:

    He’s tried marijuana but claims it has no effect on him.

  2. the dried leaves and flowering tops from which the drug is rendered:

    Her personal stash of marijuana is rarely more than an ounce or two.

  3. any plant of the genus Cannabis, especially C. sativa, whose leaves and flowering tops have psychoactive properties:

    several acres of cultivated marijuana.



marijuana

/ ËŒ³¾Ã¦°ùɪˈ³ó·Éɑ˲ÔÉ™ /

noun

  1. the dried leaves and flowers of the hemp plant, used for its euphoric effects, esp in the form of cigarettes See also cannabis
  2. another name for hemp
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of marijuana1

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95; from Mexican Spanish marihuana, mariguana; the traditional association with the personal name María Juana is probably a folk etymology
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of marijuana1

C19: from Mexican Spanish
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The brothers are accused of selling psilocybin — an illegal psychedelic found in certain mushrooms — marijuana, and vapes with marijuana and nicotine.

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It means: Wow, I'm so annoyed by this prison and need to smoke some marijuana to handle these irrational people.

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Keloyan was caught later the same day during a police raid of a Sherman Oaks residence where they found an illegal marijuana grow operation in an underground garage on the property.

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The court found the arrest for a tiny amount of marijuana was not sufficient grounds to bar him from the U.S.

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He also is accused of directing the robbery of an unlicensed L.A. marijuana dispensary that had stopped making extortion payments.

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