mescaline
[ mes-kuh-leen, -lin ]
/ ˈmɛs kəˌlin, -lɪn /
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noun Pharmacology.
a white, water-soluble, crystalline powder, C11H17NO3, obtained from mescal buttons, that produces hallucinations.
Nearby words
- mesc,
- mescal,
- mescal bean,
- mescal button,
- mescalero,
- mesclun,
- mesdames,
- mesdemoiselles,
- mesectoderm,
- meseems
Origin of mescaline
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mescaline
mescalin
/ (ˈmɛskəˌliːn, -lɪn) /
noun
a hallucinogenic drug derived from mescal buttons. Formula: C 11 H 17 NO 3
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mescaline
crystalline alkaloid, 1896, from German mezcalin (1896), so called because it originally was found in the buttons that grow atop the mescal cacti (see mescal). With chemical suffix -ine (2).
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mescaline
[ mĕs′kə-lēn′, -lĭn ]
n.
An alkaloid drug obtained from buttons of a small cactus (Lophophora williamsii) that has hallucinatory effects.
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