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Catha edulis   Listen
Catha edulis

noun
1.
A shrub that is cultivated by Arabs for its leaves which are chewed or used to make tea.





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"Catha edulis" Quotes from Famous Books



... poppy. Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) is the source for the natural and semisynthetic narcotics. Poppy straw concentrate is the alkaloid derived from the mature, dried opium poppy. Qat (kat, khat) is a stimulant from the buds or leaves of Catha edulis that is chewed or drunk as tea. Quaaludes is the North American slang term for methaqualone, a pharmaceutical depressant. Stimulants are drugs that relieve mild depression, increase energy and activity, and include cocaine ...
— The 1998 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.


Words linked to "Catha edulis" :   bush, shrub, genus Catha, Catha


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