khat

IPA: kˈɑt

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.

Examples of "khat" in Sentences

Yemenis chew a stimulant called khat every afternoon.
Police recovered a drug called khat during a search of the vehicle.
Among them: chewing the mild narcotic known as khat and trading in drugs and prostitution.
Quick research about Somali pirates will reveal a culture dependent on a nausea-killing plant called khat, or 'miraa' in Swahili.
A lot of time, they're chewing khat, which is this amphetamine-like twig that sort of makes them all tweaked out by the end of the day.
There is quite a ritual to chewing khat, which is usually done sprawled on the floor, preferably on a carpet or blanket, with cushions to lean on.
And they see how countless Somali families are ruined, because the family father is too dependent on khat, which is also helping to support al-Shabaab.