mescaline
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From mescal (“peyote”) + -ine.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mescaline (usually uncountable, plural mescalines)
- (biochemistry) A hallucinogenic and intoxicating compound present in the peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii), the San Pedro cactus (Echinopsis pachanoi), and the Peruvian torch (Echinopsis peruviana).
Translations[edit]
the drug
References[edit]
- “mescaline”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “mescaline”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “mescaline”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mescaline f (uncountable)
Further reading[edit]
- “mescaline”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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