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

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.