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Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco
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dagga
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Wiktionary
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Etymology 1 n. (context South Africa English) Indian hemp, (taxlink Cannabis sativa indica subspecies noshow=1), or a similar plant of the genus (taxlink Leonotis genus noshow=1). Etymology 2 n. (context South African English English) cement
Wikipedia
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Dagga may refer to: Cannabis sativa , an annual herbaceous plant in the Cannabis genus, a species of the Cannabaceae family Leonotis leonurus , more commonly known as "wild dagga" Dagga (percussion) , the stick used on the bass end of a dhol Daggering , ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"marijuana," 1660s, from Afrikaans, from Hottentot dachab "cannabis sativa smoked as a narcotic."
WordNet
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n. relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco [syn: Cape dagga , red dagga , wilde dagga , Leonotis leonurus ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
dagga \dagga\ n. a relatively nontoxic South African herb ( Leonotis leonurus ) smoked like tobacco. Syn: Cape dagga, red dagga, wilde dagga, Leonotis leonurus .
Usage examples of dagga.
And one look at Dagga Marl had convinced him that she was exactly what he was looking for.
An officer with a scanner had spotted the two life-forms in the trees, and at his command a pair of landspeeders swung toward the wooded area where Thrackan and Dagga were hiding.
The area, gouged dirt scattered with hot, crumbling yorik coral, had been reserved for captured civilians, but Dagga and Thrackan were, for the moment, its only two occupants.
Thrackan and Dagga were forced to move to one side as the two craft settled onto their repulsorlifts.
For example: The most serious punishment/rehabilitation meted out in many African tribes for capital crimes was forcing the transgressor to smoke massive amounts of dagga (cannabis) non-stop for hours on end in a small, enclosed hut until he passes out literally unconscious from inhaling the fumes.
African users say the rate of repeat criminal offenses after dagga treatment is virtually non-existent.
At first they only talked, but the words were sweeter and headier than the smoke of the dagga pipes of the old men.
If it's obvious enough to me when I walk down the street that somebody has been smoking dagga, then surely it should be obvious enough to somebody like you.
His tribe grows the weed that we call dagga or boom and which you whites call cannabis.
They harvest the dagga in the secret places in the hills and send it by the truckload to Cape Town and Johannesburg and Durban.