mescal buttons

mescal buttons
The dried slices of the cactus Lophophora williamsii containing mescaline and related alkaloids.

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transverse slices of the flowering heads of the Mexican dumpling cactus, Lophophora williamsii, whose major active principle is mescaline; used in divinatory and religious ceremonies in some North American Indian cultures.

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  • mescal-buttons — kvaitulinis pejotlis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Kaktusinių šeimos vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Lophophora williamsii), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje (Teksase) ir Meksikoje. Turi haliucinogeninių ir narkotinių medžiagų. atitikmenys: lot.… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • mescal buttons — …   Useful english dictionary

  • mescal — ☆ mescal [mes kal′ ] n. [Sp mezcal < Nahuatl mexcalli] 1. a colorless alcoholic liquor of Mexico made from pulque or other fermented agave juice: it is lower in quality and rougher in taste than tequila 2. any plant from which this liquor is… …   English World dictionary

  • mescal-button — kvaitulinis pejotlis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Kaktusinių šeimos vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Lophophora williamsii), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje (Teksase) ir Meksikoje. Turi haliucinogeninių ir narkotinių medžiagų. atitikmenys: lot.… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • mescal — /mɛsˈkæl / (say mes kal) noun 1. either of two species of cactus, Lophophora williamsii or L. lewinii, of the southern US and northern Mexico, whose button like tops (mescal buttons) are dried and used as a stimulant, especially by the indigenous …  

  • mescal — n. 1 a maguey. b liquor obtained from this. 2 a peyote cactus. Phrases and idioms: mescal buttons disc shaped dried tops from the peyote cactus, eaten or chewed as an intoxicant. Etymology: Sp. mezcal f. Nahuatl mexcalli …   Useful english dictionary

  • peyote — /pay oh tee/; Sp. /pe yaw te/, n., pl. peyotes / teez/; Sp. / tes/. 1. mescal (def. 3). 2. See mescal button. 3. mescaline. 4. (in Mexico) any of several cacti related to or resembling mescal. [1840 50 …   Universalium

  • mescaline — The most active alkaloid present in the buttons of the mescal cactus, Lophophora williamsii. M. produces psychotomimetic effects similar to those produced by LSD: alteration in mood, changes in perception, reveries, visual hallucinations,… …   Medical dictionary

  • mescaline and hallucinations —    Mescaline is known under many names, including mescal, peyote, peyotl, hikori, hikuli, huatari, seni, and wowoki. The names mescaline and mescal stem from mezcal, which is the Span ishnamefortheplantAgave americana,as well as for the distilled …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • mezcal — noun a small spineless globe shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons • Syn: ↑mescal, ↑peyote, ↑Lophophora williamsii • Hypernyms: ↑cactus • Member Holonyms: ↑Lophophora, ↑ge …   Useful english dictionary

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