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MAJOUN [1 record]

Record 1 1986-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
DEF

greenish-black or brown confection of a gummy consistency containing powdered hashish or cannabis, honey, fruit, nuts, spices, and rancid butter, consumed ... for its hallucinogenic effects.

Key term(s)
  • Jimson weed

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
CONT

Le madjoun (...) est un mélange de hachisch, d'opium, de noix vomique et de datura. Ce mélange se nomme Jimson Weed en argot américain.

CONT

Aux Indes (...) on mange le majoun.

Key term(s)
  • Jimson weed

Spanish

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