Categories: Medicinal Plant
Kratom (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Thai กระท่อม (grà-tɔ̂m).
Noun
kratom (countable and uncountable, plural kratoms)
- A tree, Mitragyna speciosa, endemic to Southeast Asia.
- 2016 October 22, Marc T. Swogger, A ban too far, New Scientist, Issue 3096, page 20:
- When the US Drug Enforcement Administration announced plans to criminalise the sale and possession of the psychoactive plant kratom, people across the country became interested in a leaf used medicinally for centuries in parts of Asia.
- 2016 October 22, Marc T. Swogger, A ban too far, New Scientist, Issue 3096, page 20:
- The dried leaves of this tree, used in traditional medicine or recreationally for their stimulant and analgesic effects.
