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charas

American  
[chahr-uhs] / ˈtʃɑr əs /
charas British  
/ ˈtʃɑːrəs /

noun

  1. another name for hashish

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of charas

1870–75; < Hindi: resin of the hemp plant

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In this iteration, which González calls an opera, he further explores modern blackness, public housing and human-object intersections by drawing from influences as varied as the futurist Buckminster Fuller and the activist collective CHARAS.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2019

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