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n. A spineless, dome-shaped cactus (Lophophora williamsii) native to Mexico and the southwest United States, having buttonlike tubercles that are chewed fresh or dry as a narcotic drug by certain Native American peoples. Also called mescal.

n. See mescal button.

n. See mescaline.

n. A small, spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) found from southwest United States to central Mexico that produces buttonlike tubercles that can be chewed for its psychedelic effect, primarily from the drug mescaline. Also called mescal.

n. A mescal button produced by the plant.

n. A name applied in certain parts of Mexico to several low, fleshy, spineless plants, especially to Lophophora Williamsii, which is used medicinally and has narcotic properties. Also written pellotè. See mescal-buttons.

n. the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons

n. a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons

"This moment of the sharing of the peyote is the fulfillment of the highest goals in Huichol religious life."

psychedelic drug    hallucinogen    hallucinogenic drug    psychodelic drug    cactus   

psilocybin    organ-pipe    prickly pear    nopal    portobello    mescaline    saguaro    fishhook    hallucinogenic    copperhead