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Webster 1913 Edition


Bhang

Bhang

,
Noun.
[Per.
bang
; cf. Skr.
bhangā
hemp.]
An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp (
Cannabis Indica
), and chewed or smoked in the East as a means of intoxication. See
Hasheesh
.