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Definition of marijuana noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

marijuana

noun
 
/ˌmærəˈwɑːnə/
 
/ˌmærəˈwɑːnə/
(also marihuana)
(also informal pot)
[uncountable]
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  1. a drug (illegal in many countries) made from the dried flowers of the cannabis plant, which gives the person smoking it a feeling of being relaxed synonym cannabisTopics Social issuesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • home-grown
    • medical
    • medicinal
    • …
    … of marijuana
    • joint
    verb + marijuana
    • smoke
    • decriminalize
    • legalize
    • …
    marijuana + noun
    • cigarette
    • joint
    • plant
    • …
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    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Latin American Spanish.
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