Definizione monolingua

hashish

hashish (uncountable)

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, Dover 1964, p. 44:

     Coyly at first, but less guardedly as we grew bolder, we smoked the forbidden weed ""Hashísh,"" 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?

2. (slang) marijuana generally.

Definizione dizionario hashish

hascisc

hashish

Altri significati:

(slang) marijuana generally.

dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant

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