marijuana
noun /ˌmærəˈwɑːnə/
/ˌmærəˈwɑːnə/
(also marihuana)
(also informal pot)
[uncountable]- a drug (illegal in many countries) made from the dried leaves and flowers of the hemp plant, which gives the person smoking it a feeling of being relaxed synonym cannabisTopics Social issuesc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- home-grown
- medical
- medicinal
- …
- joint
- smoke
- decriminalize
- legalize
- …
- cigarette
- joint
- plant
- …
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Latin American Spanish.