Meanings
plural mescalines · alternative mescalin
- uncountableusuallybiochemistryA hallucinogenic and intoxicating compound present in the peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii), the San Pedro cactus (Echinopsis pachanoi), and the Peruvian torch (Echinopsis peruviana).
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We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers . . . and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.
1971, Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, New York: Popular Library, →ISBN, page 4
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From mescal (“peyote”) + -ine.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto meskalino
- meskalinothe drug
German Meskalin
- Meskalinthe drug
Russian мескали́н
- мескали́н (meskalín)the drug
Swedish meskalin
- meskalinthe drug
Cite this entry
mescaline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mescaline
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