khat — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A shrub, Catha edulis, whose leaves are used as a mild stimulant when chewed or brewed as tea; also a drug produced from this plant.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   Bushman's teamiraa

   Examples

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   They are chewing on khat, a small serrated, bitter leaf with remarkable stimulative properties. […] One of the great things about khat[…] is that after a good chew you need to do something—walking, running, chopping wood, vigorously reciting a poem, throwing a grenade, anything that requires boldness and physical initiative.

   Of course he was an amateur of quat – hashish – which delighted the cops.

   ‘And skinny Arab beggars who chew qat all day long to kill their appetites and get high on the weed.’

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   Habitually munching on narcotic leaves of khat, they are easy enough to spot, their gleaming Toyota four-wheel-drives slicing paths around beaten-up wheelbarrows and pushcarts.

Noun

1. the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant

   Synonyms

   katqatquatcatArabian teaAfrican tea

   Broader terms

   stimulantstimulant drugexcitant

   Examples

   in Yemen, kat is used daily by 85% of adults