How many syllables in cannabis?

There are 3 syllables in the word cannabis.

How to pronounce cannabis:

cannabis (noun):: a drug obtained from the dried leaves and flowers of the hemp plant; 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.; a tall asian herb (cannabis sativa of the family cannabaceae, the hemp family) that has a tough fiber and is often separated into a tall loosely branched species (c. sativa) and a low-growing densely branched species (c. indica) hemp sense 1a

bhang

black

blow

bush

cannabis sativa

charas

chronic

dagga

dope

gage

ganja

genus cannabis

grass

green

hash

hashish

hemp

indian hemp

kif

leaf

marihuana

marijuana

mary jane

pot

shrub

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