hashish
noun
- intoxicating parts of the hemp plant used for chewing or smoking
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /həˈʃiːʃ/ / /hæˈʃiːʃ/ / /ˈhæʃɪʃ/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic حَشِيش (ḥašīš)bor. English hashish Borrowed from Arabic حَشِيش (ḥašīš, “hay, dried herb”).
- The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.
“Coyly at first, but less guardedly as we grew bolder, we smoked the forbidden weed "Hashísh," conversing lengthily the while about that world of which I had seen so much.”
“You know hasheesh is the extract of hemp?”
- A cannabis extract.
- Marijuana generally.