â¢ CANNABIS SATIVA (noun). The noun CANNABIS SATIVA has 1 sense: 1. a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared. Familiarity information: CANNABIS SATIVA used as a noun is very rare.he noun CANNABIS SATIVA has 1 sense: 1. a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared. Familiarity information: CANNABIS SATIVA used as a noun is very rare.