marijuana

mar-i-jua-na · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The dried leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant, used as a psychoactive drug.

  2. 2.

    The cannabis plant itself.

Related words

See also: cannabis, drug, hemp
Synonyms: cannabis, pot, weed

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish marihuana, mariguana, of uncertain origin, possibly from the Nahuatl mallihuan (prisoner).