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mes⋅ca⋅line

  [mes-kuh-leen, -lin]
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–noun Pharmacology.
a white, water-soluble, crystalline powder, C1 1H1 7NO3, obtained from mescal buttons, that produces hallucinations.
Origin:
1895–1900; mescal + -ine 2
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mes·ca·line   (měs'kə-lēn', -lĭn)   
n.  An alkaloid drug, C11H17NO3, obtained from mescal buttons, which produces hallucinations. Also called peyote.
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Word Origin & History

mescaline 
crystalline alkaloid, 1896, from Ger. mezcalin (1896), so called because it originally was found in the buttons that grow atop the mescal cacti (see mescal).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mes·ca·line
Pronunciation: 'mes-k&-l&n, -"lEn
Function: noun
: a hallucinatory crystalline alkaloidC11H17NO3 that is the chief active principle in mescal buttons
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mescaline mes·ca·line (měs'kə-lēn', -lĭn)
n.
An alkaloid drug obtained from buttons of a small cactus (Lophophora williamsii) that has hallucinatory effects.

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