Definify.com
Definition 2024
kratom
kratom
English
Noun
kratom (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 for their stimulant and analgesic effects.