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yage
or ya·je
[ yah-hey ]
/ ˈyɑ heɪ /
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noun
a mildly hallucinogenic drug obtained from a South American vine, Banisteriopsis caapi.
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Origin of yage
First recorded in 1920–25; from Latin American Spanish (Colombia, Equador) yagé, apparently from an Indigenous language of southeastern Colombia or northeastern Peru
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