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Alternative spellings
hasheesh

Pronunciation
IPA|/hæ��i��/ or /'hæ�ı�/

Etymology
From Arab..

Noun
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1. The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.

#*1855: Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
#*:Coyly at first, but less guardedly as we grew bolder, we smoked the forbidden weed "Hashish," conversing lengthily the while about that world of which I had seen so much.
#*1876: Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins
#*:You know hasheesh is the extract of hemp?

Related terms
hash

Translations
trans-top|dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
German: Haschisch n, abbr. Hasch n
Persian: FAchar|حش�ش (hashish)
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Romanian: ha�i� n
Spanish: hachís m
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Category:Recreational drugs

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