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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A resinous material extracted from cannabis.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A brown liquid alkaloid said to be isolated from Indian hemp. Cannabis Indica. It is hypnotic.
- noun A resin obtained from the plant Cannabis Indica. It is probably the active principle of the drug hashish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A poisonous resin extracted from hemp (
Cannabis sativa , variety Indica). The euphoric and narcotic effects of hasheesh are due to this resin; the active ingredient is tetrahydrocannabinol, THC. See Cannabis Indica, below.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A
poisonous resin extracted fromhemp (Cannabis sativa, variety Indica), responsible for thenarcotic effects ofhashish .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a resin obtained from the hemp plant; thought to be the active narcotic agent in marijuana
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[cannab(is) + –in.]
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