ganja

Marijuana, especially a highly resinous form of marijuana prepared from the flowering tops and leaves of selected plants and usually ingested by smoking.

[Hindi gā[mdot]jhā, hemp resin, from Sanskrit gāñjyā-, of hemp, from gañjaḥ, hemp, perhaps alteration of gṛñjaḥ, a type of plant.]

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared
  Synonyms: marijuana, marihuana, pot, grass, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, skunk, Mary-Jane, Cannabis sativa

Meaning #2: a soft drug consisting of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect
  Synonyms: cannabis, marijuana, pot, grass, marihuana, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, Mary Jane

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Ganja also written as "Ganjeh" may refer to:

• Ganja, a city in Azerbaijan
• The Sanskrit term for cannabis.
• Ganzak, an ancient city in Iran
• Ganja Records, a record label
• Ganja (Lorestan, Iran)
• Ganja (Gīlan, Iran)
• Ganja (Hamadan, Iran)
• Ganja (Esfahan, Iran)
• Ganja (Ilam, Iran)

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