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hash⋅ish

  [hash-eesh, -ish, ha-sheesh, hah-]
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–noun
1. the flowering tops and leaves of Indian hemp smoked, chewed, or drunk as a narcotic and intoxicant.
2. the dried resinous exudate of the flowering tops of this plant, containing larger amounts of the active ingredient.
Also, hash⋅eesh  [hah-sheesh, hah-sheesh] .

Origin:
1590–1600; < Ar hashīsh lit., dry vegetation (e.g., hay)
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hash·ish   (hāsh'ēsh', -ĭsh, hā-shēsh', hä-)   
n.  A purified resin prepared from the flowering tops of the female cannabis plant and smoked or chewed as a narcotic or an intoxicant.

[Arabic ḥašīš, hemp, dried grass, from ḥašša, to mow; see ḥśś in Semitic roots.]
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Word Origin & History

hashish 
1598, from Arabic hashish "powdered hemp," lit. "dry herb," from hashsha "it became dry, it dried up."
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: hash·ish
Pronunciation: 'hash-"Esh, ha-'shEsh
Function: noun
: the concentrated resin from the flowering tops of the female hemp plant ofthe genus Cannabis (C. sativa) that is smoked, chewed, or drunk for its intoxicating effect called also charas; —compare BHANG 2, MARIJUANA
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hashish hash·ish (hāsh'ēsh', -ĭsh, hā-shēsh', hä-)
n.
A purified resin prepared from the flowering tops of the female cannabis plant and smoked or chewed as a narcotic or an intoxicant.

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