mescal button

mescal button

noun
one of the dried, buttonlike tops of a mescal of the genus Lophophora, used as a hallucinogen, especially by certain Indians of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. during religious ceremonies; peyote.

Origin:
1885–90

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mescal button

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