cannabis

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can·na·bis /ˈkænəbɪs/ noun [uncountable] especially British English  MDDan illegal drug that is usually smoked 大麻 SYN American English marijuana

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cannabis• After all, cannabis does much less harm to a person's health than nicotine, and yet cigarettes are legal.• The categories continue to operate in this hierarchical fashion until we reach the sixth and final class: cannabis.• She had found cannabis as well as amphetamines in her daughter's room.• Perhaps by making cannabis legal our society would imply progressive sanction to the use of any mood-altering drug.• Until now cannabis, or hemp, was an illegal plant, classified as a schedule B controlled drug.• July 4: 300 kilos of cannabis resin and herbal cannabis worth up to £3m seized from a Northern Ireland-registered lorry in Dover.• It will still be illegal for anyone else to produce or sell cannabis, but that could change.Origin cannabis (1700-1800) Latin Greek kannabis

can·na·bis nounChineseSyllable  

drug that Corpus usually an smoked is illegal

cannabis
can‧na‧bis /ˈkænəbəs, ˈkænəbɪs/ noun [uncountable] especially British Englishan illegal drug that is usually smoked
   SYN  marijuana American English

can·na·bisBrE /ˈkænəbɪs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkænəbɪs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a drug made from the dried leaves and flowers or resin of the hemp plant, which is smoked or eaten and which gives the user a feeling of being relaxed. Use of the drug is illegal in many countries. 大麻制品