mescal button

mescal button

n. See peyote button.

mescal′ but`ton

n. one of the dried tops of the mescal cactus, containing the hallucinogen mescaline. Also called peyote. [1885–90]

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mescal button - the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybinmagic mushroom, sacred mushroommescaline, peyote - the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttonsLophophora williamsii, mescal, mezcal, peyote - a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttonsplant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus