Peruvian torch

noun

A cactus, Trichocereus macrogonus, native to Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.

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nounPeruvian torch (plural Peruvian torches)

plural Peruvian torches

  1. A cactus, Trichocereus macrogonus, native to Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.

    […]the exception being T. peruvianus (Peruvian torch) which is supposedly much stronger and thought to contain almost as high concentrations of mescaline as peyote (Ott, 1996b; Pardanani et al., 1977), although other reports suggest this is an exaggeration […].

    2019, David Luke, Otherworlds: Psychedelics and Exceptional Human Experience, Aeon Books, →ISBN, page 7
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