marijuana
/ˌmæɹɪˈwɑː.nə//ˌmɛɹɪˈwɑ.nə/
marijuana noun: the inflorescence of the Cannabis sativa plant, smoked or ingested for euphoric effect.
Noun
marijuana (usually uncountable, plural marijuanas)
- The inflorescence of the Cannabis sativa plant, smoked or ingested for euphoric effect.
- After smoking a bowl of that fine marijuana, they ate some brownies.
- You could smell tea, weed, I mean marijuana, floating in the air, together with the chili beans and beer.1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, chapter 13, in On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC, part 1
- The hemp plant itself, Cannabis sativa.
marijuana meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
marijuana in Hindi
- cannabis drug
- गांजा gāñjā, मारिजुआना mārijuānā
marijuana in Tamil
- cannabis drug
- கஞ்சா kañcā
marijuana in Urdu
- cannabis drug
- گانجا gānjā, بھنگ bhaṅg, بھانگ bhāṅg, شاہدانہ śāh-dāna, حشیش haśīś, بنگ baṅg
marijuana in Bengali
- cannabis drug
- গাঁজা gãja
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- marijuana in Telugu
- గంజాయి gañjāyi
- marijuana in Malayalam
- മാരിഹ്വാന, കഞ്ചാവ്, ഗാഞ്ജി, ഗൃഞ്ചനം
- marijuana in Kannada
- ಗಾಂಜಾ gāñjā
- marijuana in Punjabi
- ਗਾਂਜਾ gāñjā
- marijuana in Gujarati
- ગાંજો gā̃jo
- marijuana in Odia
- ମାରିଜୁଆନା, ମରିଜୁଆନା
- marijuana in Sanskrit
- गञ्जा gañjā
- marijuana in Nepali
- गाँजा gā̃jā
- marijuana in Tagalog
- marihuwana, tsongke, marijuana
- marijuana in Arabic
- مَارِهْوَانَا mārihwānā, حَشِيش ḥašīš, قِنَّب هِنْدِيّ qinnab hindiyy
- marijuana in Malay
- ganja
- marijuana in Indonesian
- ganja
- marijuana in Persian
- شاهدانه šâh-dâne, ماریجوانا mâri-juânâ, علف 'alaf
- marijuana in Thai
- กัญชา gan-chaa
- marijuana in Vietnamese
- cần sa, marijuana
- marijuana in Myanmar
- ဘင်း bhang:, ဆေးခြောက် hce:hkrauk, မူယစ်ဆေး muyachce:, ဂန်ဂျာ gan-gya
- Dhivehi
- ގަންޖާ gan̊jā
Examples of marijuana in a sentence
- Marijuana is something we just all gradually decided is okay, like Mark Wahlberg as a serious actor.2017 April 2, “Marijuana”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 7, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
- Sunday is 420 day, when lovers of marijuana get together to celebrate their fondness for weed.2025 April 20, Sandee LaMotte, “Marijuana hospital visits linked to dementia diagnosis within 5 years, study finds”, in CNN:
Synonyms of marijuana
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Forms of marijuana
| plural | marijuanas |
|---|---|
| alternative form (dated) | marihuana |
Origin of marijuana
Borrowed from Mexican Spanish marihuana, from mariguana. First attested in 1874 in the publications of Hubert Howe Bancroft. Altered by influence of a folk etymology involving the proper name María Juana (“Mary Jane”).
Words formed from marijuana
Questions about marijuana
- What does marijuana mean?
- Marijuana means the inflorescence of the Cannabis sativa plant, smoked or ingested for euphoric effect.
- What is marijuana in Hindi?
- Marijuana in Hindi is गांजा (gāñjā), मारिजुआना (mārijuānā). See Marijuana meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use marijuana in a sentence?
- Marijuana is something we just all gradually decided is okay, like Mark Wahlberg as a serious actor.
- What part of speech is marijuana?
- Marijuana is a noun.
- How do you pronounce marijuana?
- Marijuana is pronounced /ˌmɛɹɪˈwɑ.nə/ (US).
- What is the plural of marijuana?
- The plural of marijuana is marijuanas.
Words near marijuana in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: marijuana (page history and authors); marijuana (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); marijuana (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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