cannabis
/ˈkænəbɪs/noun
mass noun
1- a tall plant with a stiff upright stem, divided serrated leaves, and glandular hairs. It is used to produce hemp fibre and as a psychotropic drug.大麻。亦称INDIAN HEMP, MARIJUANA.
1.1
- Cannabis sativa, family Cannabaceae (or Cannabimaceae): two subspecies (sometimes considered two species), C. s. sativa, which is chiefly used for hemp, and C. s. indica, from which the drug is usually obtained.拉丁名Cannabis sativa,大麻科：2亚种（有时被视为2种）, 即主要用来作纤维的大麻以及通常用来提炼毒品的印度大麻。
1.2
- a dried preparation of the flowering tops or other parts of this plant, or a resinous extract of it (cannabis resin), used (generally illegally) as a psychotropic drug, chiefly in cigarettes（主要在香烟中非法用作精神毒品的）大麻干制剂; （从大麻中抽提出的）大麻脂。
词源
from Latin， from Greek kannabis.