CANNABIS

Cannabis

Cannabis is a genus of flowering plants that includes three putative varieties, Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis ruderalis. These three taxa are indigenous to Central Asia, and South Asia. Cannabis has long been used for fibre, for seed and seed oils, for medicinal purposes, and as a recreational drug. Industrial hemp products are made from Cannabis plants selected to produce an abundance of fiber. To satisfy the UN Narcotics Convention, some Cannabis strains have been bred to produce minimal levels of THC, the principal psychoactive constituent responsible for the "high" ...

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cannabis

Noun

  1. A tall annual dioecious plant (Cannabis, especially Cannabis sativa''), native to central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers.
  2. A mildly euphoriant, intoxicating hallucinogenic drug prepared from various parts of this plant.


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