cannabis

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a plant whose dried parts are used as a drug and for fiber

   The clinic studied cannabis for its medicinal effects.

Simplified etymology

Cannabis entered English in the late 17th century from Latin cannabis, itself from Greek kannabis. The Greek word was probably borrowed from another, unidentified language.

From Latin cannabis ('hemp'), from Ancient Greek kannabis, ultimately of Scythian or Thracian origin.

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