mescaline
Appearance
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.
Anagrams
[edit]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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- en:Biochemistry
- en:Cacti
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- French 3-syllable words
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- fr:Recreational drugs