Khat meaning

kät
An evergreen shrub (Catha edulis) native to tropical East Africa and Arabia, having dark green opposite leaves that contain cathinone and other stimulants.
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The leaves of this plant, chewed for their stimulating effect.
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An evergreen shrub (Catha edulis) native to tropical East Africa and Arabia, having dark green opposite leaves that contain cathinone and other stimulants.
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The leaves of this plant, chewed for their stimulating effect.
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A plant (Catha edulis) of the staff-tree family, found in Africa and Arabia: the fresh leaf is chewed for its stimulating effects or used in tea.
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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.
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Origin of khat

Arabic qāt Amharic Tigrinya č̣āt

Sentence Examples

  • Another plant universally used as a stimulant in Southern Arabia is khat (Catha edulis).

  • It was always the prayer that the soul (bai) should be able to revisit the corpse (khat), and some inscriptions show an expectation of the body itself being revivified, "the mouth speaking," "the legs walking," and everything conforming with its previous terrestrial life.

  • Among Pathans there are two kinds of kurta (kamis or khat); one worn by married women called giradana khat is dark red or blue, embroidered with silk in front; the jalana khat worn by unmarried women is less conspicuous for colour and ornament.

  • Investigations into his suitability for a liver transplant revealed a heart condition, caused by chewing khat.

  • The paper by Dr. Sagar Saha and Dr. Clare Dollery describe the case of a 33 year old man who used khat heavily.

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