cohoba
cohoba noun: a traditional Taino ceremony in which the ground seeds of the cojóbana tree were inhaled in a special pipe, producing a psychedelic effect.
Noun
cohoba (plural cohobas)
- A traditional Taino ceremony in which the ground seeds of the cojóbana tree were inhaled in a special pipe, producing a psychedelic effect.
- A hallucinogenic drug derived from ground seeds of trees of the genus Anadenanthera.
- The native of some South American tribes use this drug as an aphrodisiac in the form of a snuff called cohoba.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 51
Forms of cohoba
| plural | cohobas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cojoba |
Questions about cohoba
- What does cohoba mean?
- Cohoba means a traditional Taino ceremony in which the ground seeds of the cojóbana tree were inhaled in a special pipe, producing a psychedelic effect.
- What part of speech is cohoba?
- Cohoba is a noun.
- What is the plural of cohoba?
- The plural of cohoba is cohobas.
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