Hashish meaning

hăsh'ēsh', hă-shēsh', hä-
Resin prepared from the flowering tops of the female cannabis plant and smoked, chewed, or ingested to induce euphoria.
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A drug made from the resin contained in the flowering tops of hemp, chewed or smoked for its intoxicating and euphoric effects.
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Resin prepared from the flowering tops of the female cannabis plant and smoked, chewed, or ingested to induce euphoria.
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The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.
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A cannabis extract (See Hashish on Wikipedia.).
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(slang) Marijuana generally.
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Origin of hashish

Arabic ḥašīš hemp, dried grass from ḥašša to mow ḥśś in Semitic roots

Sentence Examples

  • Some of the more esteemed kinds of hashish are prepared from this ganja.

  • Hashish is one of the Arabic names given to the Syrian and Turkish preparations of the resinous hemp leaves.

  • The hashish in such extensive use in Central Asia is often seen in the bazaars of large cities in the form of cakes, 1 to 3 in.

  • The smoking of hashish, though illegal, is indulged in by considerable numbers of people.

  • The practice of out-of-body journeying was taught through the careful ritualistic use of natural hallucinogens such as hashish and peyote.

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