Definition of Cannabin

1. Noun. A resin obtained from the hemp plant; thought to be the active narcotic agent in marijuana.

Exact synonyms: Cannabis Resin
Generic synonyms: Natural Resin

Definition of Cannabin

1. n. A poisonous resin extracted from hemp (Cannabis sativa, variety Indica). The narcotic effects of hasheesh are due to this resin.

Definition of Cannabin

1. Noun. (organic compound) A poisonous resin extracted from hemp (''Cannabis sativa'', variety ''Indica''), responsible for the narcotic effects of hashish. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cannabin

1. a resin extracted from cannabis [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cannabin

cankerweed
cankerworm
cankerworms
cankery
cankle
cankles
canlike
cann
cann't
canna
canna lily
cannabene
cannabic
cannabidiol
cannabidiolic acid synthase
cannabin (current term)
cannabine
cannabinoid
cannabinoid receptor
cannabinoids
cannabinol
cannabinols
cannabinomimetic
cannabins
cannabipiperidiethanone
cannabis
cannabis resin
cannabises
cannabislike
cannabism

Literary usage of Cannabin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1885)
"GIOVANNI, The Therapeutic Effects of Hypnotism.— PI'SINELLI, cannabin Tannate as an Hypnotic.— \VATTEVILLE, The Cure of Writer's Cramp. ..."

2. Therapeutics, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy: Including the Special by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1909)
"... and in many affections of children in which nervous symptoms are prominent. The adult dose is 3ss-j. cannabin Tannate is considered by ..."

3. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1866)
"Its activity appears to depend upon cannabin, or Resin of Hemp ; it also contains a small portion of volatile oil. It should be remembered that when the ..."

4. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1883)
"To this alkaloid I propose to give the name of tetano-cannabin as indicative of its action."—(Pharm. Journ , June 2, 1883.) In a later number of the Pharm. ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1887)
"But a new era began with the cannabis preparations when Merck's cannabin tannate ... As tannate of cannabin has become quite cheap, Buchwald has used it in ..."

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