"kush" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kʊʃ/ Forms: Kush [alternative]
Rhymes: -ʊʃ Etymology: From Hindu Kush, the place of origin. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} kush (uncountable)
  1. (slang) Marijuana, especially Cannabis indica (a variety of marijuana originating in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, strains of which often have high THC content). Tags: slang, uncountable Synonyms: marijuana
    Sense id: en-kush-en-noun-a5fbObJi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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        {
          "ref": "2011, “Next”, in Echoes of Silence, performed by The Weeknd:",
          "text": "Baby, who you callin' soft / Don't make me smoke up all your kush / Don't make me pop your cheap ass pills",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, “All Me”, in Nothing Was the Same, performed by Drake:",
          "text": "Smoking on that kush all in our section / Like it's legalized",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 December 4, Kevin Donovan, “Rob Ford: Gang members targeted mayor in blackmail plot, police documents say”, in The Star:",
          "text": "Later in the day, Siyad is heard on a wiretap telling another man that he received “1.5 of kush” (slang for marijuana) from “Rob Ford’s driver.” Later Siyad tells another person, a woman, that what he received was actually “Rob Ford’s kush.”",
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          "text": "Smoking on that kush all in our section / Like it's legalized",
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