khat
IPA: kˈɑt
noun
- 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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Examples of "khat" in Sentences
- Khat is one important cash crop.
- Khat and coffee are important cash crops.
- Khat and pepper are important cash crops.
- Khat is prohibited in France as a stimulant.
- Sesame and khat are two important cash crops..
- Khat is prohibited in Switzerland as a stimulant.
- Anyway, based on it Khat seems like the best choice.
- Yemenis chew a stimulant called khat every afternoon.
- Maua town is the epicenter of the Khat trade in Kenya.
- The aircraft was said to be carrying a shipment of khat.
- The real beneficiaries of the trade in khat were the warlords.
- 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.