Khat

Alternative forms

• gat, kat, qat, quat, tschat

Origin

From Arabic قات.

Full definition of khat

Noun

1. A shrub whose leaves are used as a mild stimulant when chewed or brewed as tea; also a drug produced from this plant.
• 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 31:Of course he was an amateur of quat – hashish – which delighted the cops.
• 2011, Jay Badahur, The Guardian, 24 May 2011:Habitually munching on narcotic leaves of khat, they are easy enough to spot, their gleaming Toyota four-wheel-drives slicing paths around beaten-up wheelbarrows and pushcarts.

Synonyms

• mirra

Anagrams

• Kath