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Etymology

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cannabis +‎ -ene?

Noun

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cannabene (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) A colourless oil obtained from hemp by distillation, with the same intoxicating properties as cannabis.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cannabene”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)