catha

The plant, known by the botanical term catha edulis forskal, is grown, sold and used legally in that country at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.

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Katherine is said of catha, that is all, and ruina that is falling, for all the edifice of the devil fell all from her.

The Golden Legend, vol. 7 1230-1298 1900

Qat (kat, khat) is a stimulant from the buds or leaves of catha edulis that is chewed or drunk as tea.

The 1994 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

We find him cheering the rowers of the galley, with his _birlinn_ chant, and stirring on the fight with his _prosnuchadh catha_, or battle-song.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various

The battle-song (_Prosnuchadh-catha_) was the next in importance.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various

Qat (kat, khat) is a stimulant from the buds or leaves of catha edulis that is chewed or drunk as tea.

The 1995 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

We read in the Arabian manuscript at the Bibliothéque Nationale that lawyers, students, as well as travelers who journeyed at night, artisans, and others, who worked at night, to escape the heat of the day, took to drinking coffee; and even left off another drink, then becoming popular, made from the leaves of a plant called _khat_ or _cat_ (_catha edulis_).

All About Coffee 1909

But, by the extraordinary care I took in observing the courses and distances, walked from _Conge catha wha

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time Robert Kerr 1784

June 1771, being then at a place called _Conge catha wha Chaga_, he had, to use his own words, two good observations, both by meridian and double altitudes, the mean of which determines this place to be in latitude 66°

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time Robert Kerr 1784

Qat consists of the tender leaves and shoots of the tree catha edulis, which contain the amphetamine cathinone.

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