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khat - What does it mean?

Definition of 'khat'

English

(wikipedia)

Alternative forms

* gat, kat, qat, quat, tschat

Noun

  • A shrub whose leaves are used as a mild stimulant when chewed or brewed as tea; also a drug produced from this plant.
  • * 1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p. 31:
  • Of course he was an amateur of quat – hashish – which delighted the cops.
  • * 2011 , Jay Badahur, The Guardian , 24 May 2011:
  • 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.

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    Similar to 'khat'

    kit, kat, kyat, kut, ket, keet, keat, kitt