mescaline
noun
mes·ca·line
| \ ˈme-skə-lən
, ˈme-skə-ˌlēn\
, ˈme-skə-ˌlēn\
Definition of mescaline
: a hallucinatory crystalline alkaloid C11H17NO3 that is the chief active principle in peyote buttons
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Carlos Santana famously played Woodstock while tripping out of his mind on mescaline. — Corbin Reiff, Billboard, "Recasting Woodstock's Original Lineup With 2019 Artists," 13 Aug. 2019 Antonin Artaud worked mescaline’s effects into surrealism, Jean-Paul Sartre into existentialism. — The Economist, "A mind-bending history of mescaline," 28 June 2019 There was one night, again at Spahn’s, where everybody took mega doses of acid and probably some mescaline or something else mixed in with it. — Win Mccormack, The New Republic, "The Manson Girl Who Got Away," 29 July 2019 Day’s theory is that Manson may have wanted money from Leno, a grocery-store-chain owner who liked to gamble, to pay off the Straight Satans, who were still angry about getting their money back for the bad mescaline. — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, "Why Did the Manson Family Kill Sharon Tate? Here’s the Story Charles Manson Told the Last Man Who Interviewed Him," 26 July 2019 In the front of the building, next to the sidewalk on busy Telegraph Avenue, grew San Pedro cacti, which contain the hallucinogen mescaline. — Hailey Branson-potts, latimes.com, "How a trip on magic mushrooms helped decriminalize psychedelic plants in a California city," 22 June 2019 Peyote contains mescaline, which has historically been used in religious ceremonies by Native Americans. — Dana Burke, Houston Chronicle, "Katy man allegedly caught growing peyote, marijuana in his home," 12 June 2018 But in this blend of memoir and history Pollan focuses on the medicinal, specifically a trinity of psychoactive drugs: LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin. — Ellen Ruppel Shell, BostonGlobe.com, "Take a hit of acid and call me in the morning," 11 May 2018 Along with hallucinogens like mescaline and psilocybin (that is, magic mushrooms), LSD was often blamed for bad trips that sent people to the psych ward. — Michael Pollan, WSJ, "The New Science of Psychedelics," 3 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mescaline.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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mescaline
noun
English Language Learners Definition of mescaline
: a drug that comes from a cactus and that makes people see things that are not real
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mescaline
noun
mes·ca·line
| \ ˈmes-kə-lən
, -ˌlēn
\
, -ˌlēn
\
Medical Definition of mescaline
: a hallucinatory crystalline alkaloid C11H17NO3 that is the chief active principle in peyote buttons