1. [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
   "dagga fibers were used to make strong rope";
   - cannabis, hemp, kif, kef
    
2. [S.Africa] Psychoactive drug derived from the cannabis plant; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant, which are either smoked or chewed
   "They relaxed in the café, smoking dagga";
   - cannabis, marijuana, marihuana, ganja, kif, kef
    
3. Relatively nontoxic South African herb
   "The wild dagga's bright orange whorled flowers stood out against the green foliage"; "Wilde dagga grows wild in the South African grasslands";
   - Cape dagga, red dagga, wilde dagga, Leonotis leonurus

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