Lophophora williamsii

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Lophophora williamsii - a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttonsmescal, mezcal, peyotecactus - any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spinesgenus Lophophora, Lophophora - two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescalmagic mushroom, mescal button, sacred mushroom - the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin

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Lophophora williamsii

(lō-fof'ŏ-ră wil-yăm'sē-ī), Cactus; source of peyote (mescal button); it contains over a dozen alkaloids, of which mescaline is the most important; others are pellotine, anhalomine, anhalonidine, anhalamine, anhalinine, anhalidine, and lophophorine.

The trivial name for mushrooms of genus Psilocybe, which contain psychotropics, psilocybin, psilocin
Herbal medicine A North American cactus, with > 50 distinct alkaloids—mescaline is the most active—and best-known for its hallucinatory effects; it is integral to some Native American tribal rituals in the American southwest, but is otherwise illegal
Substance abuse The flowering heads—mescal buttons—are hallucinogenic Clinical features Minutes after ingestion, euphoria, hallucinations, tachycardia, mydriasis, rarely fever, seizures

Lophophora williamsii

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Synonyms for Lophophora williamsii

noun a small spineless globe-shaped cactus

Synonyms

mescal
mezcal
peyote

Related Words

cactus
genus Lophophora
Lophophora
magic mushroom
mescal button
sacred mushroom

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