CANNABIS INDICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cannabis indica mean? 

• CANNABIS INDICA (noun)
  The noun CANNABIS INDICA has 1 sense:

1. source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber

  Familiarity information: CANNABIS INDICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANNABIS INDICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cannabis indica; Indian hemp

Hypernyms ("Cannabis indica" is a kind of...):

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)

Meronyms (parts of "Cannabis indica"):

bhang (a preparation of the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant; much used in India)

haschisch; hash; hasheesh; hashish (purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen)

 Context examples 

The dried leaves and flowering tops of the Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica plant.

(Cannabis, NCI Dictionary)