Definition of Mescal button

1. Noun. The button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin.

Exact synonyms: Magic Mushroom, Sacred Mushroom
Terms within: Mescaline, Peyote
Group relationships: Lophophora Williamsii, Mescal, Mezcal, Peyote
Generic synonyms: Plant Organ

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mescal Button

mesaortitis
mesaraic
mesarch
mesareic
mesarteritis
mesas
mesaticephalic
mesaticephalous
mesatipellic
mesatipellic pelvis
mesaxon
mescal
mescal bean
mescal beans
mescalin
mescaline
mescalines
mescalins
mescals
mesclum
mesclums
mesclun
mescluns
mesdames
mesdemet
mesdemoiselles
mese

Literary usage of Mescal button

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1896)
"The mescal button.—Some time ago we referred to a publication regarding the therapeutical use of the mescal button, ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1913)
"For this purpose we used the Mexican drag pelotte—the mescal button. ... had described the phenomena induced by the mescal button, ..."

3. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1896)
"Dr. D. Webster Prentiss discovered the action of the drug popularly known as mescal button, ... It is to the use of the mescal button by the ..."

4. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1896)
"... known as "mescal button," and is yielded by a plant, ... It is to the use of the mescal button by the ..."

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