marijuana
nounUS /ˌmɛɹɪˈwɑ.nə/ · UK /ˌmæɹɪˈwɑː.nə/
Etymology Borrowed from Mexican Spanish marihuana, from mariguana. First attested in 1874 in the publications of Hubert Howe Bancroft. Altered by influence of a folk etymology involving the proper name María Juana (“Mary Jane”).
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Usually The inflorescence of the Cannabis sativa plant, smoked or ingested for euphoric effect.
- After smoking a bowl of that fine marijuana, they ate some brownies.
- You could smell tea, weed, I mean marijuana, floating in the air, together with the chili beans and beer.1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, chapter 13, in On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC, part 1:
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- Exactly. Marijuana is something we just all gradually decided is okay, like Mark Wahlberg as a serious actor. “You know what? Sure, I’ve decided I’m fine with that.”2017 April 2, “Marijuana”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 7, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
- Sunday is 420 day, when lovers of marijuana get together to celebrate their fondness for weed.2025 April 20, Sandee LaMotte, “Marijuana hospital visits linked to dementia diagnosis within 5 years, study finds”, in CNN:
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Usually The hemp plant itself, Cannabis sativa.
- Synonyms
53 terms
bhang, benj, boo, broccoli, bud, buddha, cannabis, cheeba, choof, daccha, dank, devil's lettuce, djamba, doja, doobage, dope, endo, gage, ganja, ganj, grass, green, greenery, hash, hashish, hemp, herb, Mary Jane, MJ, marihoochie, marijuana, Mary Joanna, method, mezz, muggle, mull, pot, puff, reefer, sens, sensimillia, sensimilla, shit, sweetleaf, tea, Texas tea, trees, twig, wacky tobaccy, weed, yarndie, zaza, zombie- Derived terms
- antimarijuana, marijuanalike, medible, medical marijuana, nonmarijuana, promarijuana
- Related terms
- Appendix:Cannabis slang
- Hypernyms
- recreational drug
- Hyponyms
- chronic, dagga, Indian hemp, kind bud, kush, purple haze, schwag, Thai stick
- Holonyms
- marijuana cigarette
- Meronyms
- tetrahydrocannabinol, THC