Library / English Dictionary

MESCAL BUTTON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin

Synonyms:

magic mushroom; mescal button; sacred mushroom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("mescal button" is a kind of...):

plant organ (a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus)

Meronyms (substance of "mescal button"):

mescaline; peyote (the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons)

Holonyms ("mescal button" is a part of...):

Lophophora williamsii; mescal; mezcal; peyote (a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons)

Credits