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Hashish   Listen
noun
Hashish, Hasheesh  n.  A slightly acrid gum resin produced by the common hemp (Cannabis sativa), of the variety Indica, when cultivated in a warm climate; also, the tops of the plant, from which the resinous product is obtained. It is narcotic, and has long been used in the East for its intoxicating effect. The active psychoactive principle has been identified as tetrahydrocannabinol. See Bhang, and Ganja.
Synonyms: hash.






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"Hashish" Quotes from Famous Books



... And mumbling his "abracadabra" over the sand spread on a cloth before him, he took up his bamboo-stick and wrote therein—Khalid! This was amazing. "And I know more," said he. But after scouring the heaven, he shook his head regretfully and wrote in the sand the name of one of the hasheesh-dens of Cairo. "Go thither; and come to see me again to-morrow evening." Saying which, he folded his sand-book of magic, pocketed his ...
— The Book of Khalid • Ameen Rihani



Words linked to "Hashish" :   hasheesh, Indian hemp, Cannabis indica, hash, soft drug, haschisch



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