khat

khat

noun \ˈkät\

Definition of KHAT

: a shrub (Catha edulis) of the staff-tree family cultivated in the Middle East and Africa for its leaves and buds that are the source of a habituating stimulant when chewed or used as a tea; also : its leaves and buds

Variants of KHAT

khat also qat or kat \ˈkät\

Origin of KHAT

Arabic qāt

First Known Use: 1858

Rhymes with KHAT

aught, baht, blot, bot, clot, cot, dot, ghat, grot, hot, jot, knot, kyat, lot, lotte, Mott, motte, naught, not, plot, pot, rot, scot, Scot, shot, skat, slot, snot, sot, spot, squat, stot, swat, swot, tot, trot, watt, Watt, what, wot, yacht

khat

noun    (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of KHAT

: a shrub (Catha edulis) cultivated in the Middle East and Africa for its leaves and buds that are the source of a habituating stimulant when chewed or used as a tea

Variants of KHAT

khat also kat or qat or quat \ˈkät\ (audio pronunciation)

khat

noun    (Concise Encyclopedia)

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.