khat

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von khat im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: A shrub (Catha edulis) used as a mild stimulant when chewed or brewed as tea; Tea brewed from the leaves of this shrub; The leaves and tops of this shrub chewed as a mild stimulant; {i} evergreen shrub whose flowers and leaves have a narcotic effect (native to tropical East Africa); tea made from the leaves of the khat shrub; Slender, straight, East African tree (Catha edulis; family Celastraceae). Reaching a height of 80 ft (25 m), the khat tree has large, oval, finely toothed, bitter-tasting leaves. Its best-known relatives are the ornamentals euonymus and bittersweet. Khat leaves are chewed for the stimulants they contain, and the drug is central to social life in some countries; the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant; "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults"; qat