US /bɛndʒ/ UK /bɛndʒ/
noun

Meanings

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    noun

    dialectal name for henbane or, in slang, marijuana used as an intoxicant

    The old herbalist warned the boys never to chew the benj growing by the ditch.

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Synonyms
1 noun · dialectal name for henbane... henbanecannabishashish
Word family
Related forms bhang

Etymology

A variant of bhang, from Hindi/Urdu bhāng, from Sanskrit bhaṅgā ('hemp, cannabis').

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