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mescaline

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mescaline /mes·ca·line/ (mes´kah-len) a poisonous alkaloid from the flowering heads (mescal buttons) of a Mexican cactus, Lophophora williamsii; it produces an intoxication with delusions of color and sound.
mes·ca·line (msk-ln, -ln)
n.
An alkaloid drug obtained from buttons of a small cactus (Lophophora williamsii) that has hallucinatory effects.
mescaline
a poisonous alkaloid derived from the flowering heads (mescal buttons) of a Mexican cactus which produces hallucinations of sound. See also peyote.
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