Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,917,757,804 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

khat
(redirected from Miraa)

    Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Wikipedia 0.01 sec.
khat: see staff tree staff tree, common name for some temperate members of the Celastraceae, a family of trees and shrubs (many of them climbing forms), widely distributed except in polar regions.
..... Click the link for more information. .

khat

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.
Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link 		Feedback
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Encyclopedia browser?   Full browser?
No references found
 
Aa Miraa said "they attacked us with machetes and other tools, seized some of our guns and then fought with us.
Egyptian crews overpower Somali pirates, kill two by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
Miraa said "they attacked us with machetes and other tools, seized some of our guns and then fought with us.
Egyptian crews overpower Somali pirates, kill 2 by Daily News Egypt (Egypt)
If they levy a tax on miraa (khat) in Kenya, there is no way we can avoid paying the warlords in Somalia right now," Kimathi Munjuri, from the main umbrella group of khat producers, told AFP.
Kenya to help Somalia levy import taxes by AFP / AFP Global Edition
 
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.