Definition of "bhang" in Englisch

noun

1. A preparation made from the leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant, traditionally consumed in food or drink, especially during Hindu festivals such as Holi.

2. (India, Kenya, Uganda, elsewhere slang) A general term for cannabis or its preparations.

   • Almost from the outset of her arrival in the town, soft-muted music, the strange, heart-rending, mournful music of the East - suggestive of apes, and pearls, and bhang, and the colour blue - was to be heard, surging from the Nook in monotonous improvisation.