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ganja

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gan·ja  (gänj)
n.
Marijuana, especially a highly resinous form of marijuana prepared from the flowering tops and leaves of selected plants and usually ingested by smoking.

[Hindi gjh, hemp resin, from Sanskrit gñjy-, of hemp, from gañja, hemp, perhaps alteration of gñja, a type of plant.]

ganja [ˈgɑːndʒə]
n
a highly potent form of cannabis, usually used for smoking
[from Hindi gājā, from Sanskrit grñja]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ganjaganja - a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared
Acapulco gold, Mexican green - a particularly potent variety of marijuana
cannabis, hemp - any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs
2.ganja - 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
Acapulco gold, Mexican green - a particularly potent variety of marijuana
controlled substance - a drug or chemical substance whose possession and use are controlled by law
marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff, joint, stick - marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
dope, gage, green goddess, sens, sess, Mary Jane, locoweed, skunk, weed, grass, smoke, pot - street names for marijuana
soft drug - a drug of abuse that is considered relatively mild and not likely to cause addiction
cannabis, hemp - any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs
Translations
ganja [ˈgændʒə] Nmaría f (Sp) , marihuana f
ganja
nGanja nt


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CHATSWORTH -- In a large two-story home above a busy bus stop on Topanga Canyon Boulevard, pot peddlers converted a suburban home into a ganja greenhouse.
An ice cream vendor decided to dish out another flavor last year in the student parking lot at Riverside High School in the Ysleta Independent School District, which borders Mexico, and this time it was Ganja ala Mode.
Some of the more common include: pot, grass, weed, Mary Jane, reefer, skunk, and ganja.
 
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