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Noun: dagga  da-gu
  1. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco
    - Cape dagga, red dagga, wilde dagga, Leonotis leonurus
     
  2. [S.Africa] Any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and recreational drugs
    - cannabis, hemp
     
  3. [S.Africa] The most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect
    - cannabis, marijuana, marihuana, ganja

Derived forms: daggas

Type of: bush, controlled substance, herb, herbaceous plant, shrub, soft drug

Part of: genus Cannabis, genus Leonotis, joint [informal], Leonotis, marijuana cigarette, reefer [slang], spliff [slang], stick [informal]

Encyclopedia: Dagga