cannabis
A tall annual dioecious plant (Cannabis, especially Cannabis sativa), native to central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers.
Noun 3 meanings
A tall annual dioecious plant (Cannabis, especially Cannabis sativa), native to central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers.
A mildly euphoriant or sedating, intoxicating hallucinogenic drug prepared from various parts of this plant.
The purified and decarboxylated resin of the cannabis plant used for medicinal purposes rather than for any intoxicating effects.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cannabis (“hemp”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). See there for more. Further reading at Etymology of cannabis on Wikipedia. Doublet of canvas and hemp.
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CANNABIS at a glance
CANNABIS has 8 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (C 3 + A 1 + N 1 + N 1 + A 1 + B 3 + I 1 + S 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,662 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with cannabis
All rhymes- RABBIS10
- IBIS6
- ALIBIS8
- PUBIS9
- NABIS7
- ARABIS8
- OBIS6
- COMBIS12
- BAMBIS12
- ZOMBIS19
- WASABIS12
- LABIS7
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- CANNABIC14
- CANNABIN12
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