hoasca
noun
hoas·ca ˈwa-skə 
ˈwä-
: ayahuasca
Hoasca … is brewed from two plants that grow in the Amazon River Basin, and it contains DMT, a hallucinogen that the American government regards as a controlled substance.
Jeffrey Toobin
Jeffrey ToobinToday this bitter tea, also known as hoasca, has become the sacramental ritual of two modern religions in Brazil. Lisa Melton
Lisa Melton
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese, probably borrowed, with the loss of the initial syllables, from American Spanish ayahuasca ayahuasca
First Known Use
1996, in the meaning defined above
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