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khat

noun

  1. an evergreen shrub (Catha edulis) native to tropical East Africa and Arabia, having dark green opposite leaves that contain cathinone and other stimulants
  2. the leaves and buds of the khat plant, chewed or used as tea for their stimulating effect
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kɑːt/ / /kat/ / /kæt/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic قَات (qāt)bor. English khat Borrowed from Arabic قَات (qāt).

  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.

    “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.”