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

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