marijuana

UK: /ˌmærɪˈwɑːnə/ US: /ˌmærəˈwɑnə/ ,(mar′ə wä′nə)

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ma•ri•jua•na or ma•ri•hua•na /ˌmærəˈwɑnə/   n. [uncountable]

1. Botany the dried leaves and flowers of the hemp plant used esp. as a drug.
2. Plant Biology, Drugs hemp (def. 1).

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ma•ri•jua•na  (mar′ə wä′nə), n. 

1. Plant Biology, Drugs hemp (def. 1).
2. Plant Biology, Drugs the dried leaves and female flowers of the hemp plant, used in cigarette form as a narcotic or hallucinogen.

Also, ma′ri•hua′na. 

• Mexican Spanish marihuana, mariguana; traditional association with the personal name María Juana is probably a folk etymology, etymological
• 1890–95, American.

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marijuana, marihuana / ˌmærɪˈhwɑːnə/ noun

1. the dried leaves and flowers of the hemp plant, used for its euphoric effects, esp in the form of cigarettes
   See also cannabis
2. another name for hemp1

Etymology: 19th Century: from Mexican Spanish