Meaning

noun a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared

noun the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect

originBorrowed from Hindi गांजा (gāñjā), ultimately from Sanskrit गञ्जा (gañjā, “hemp”). First use appears c. 1800.

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