yagé
/ˈjɑːʒeɪ
/noun
Another term for ayahuasca.Traditional healers called Taitas from the yagé culture have tried to maintain their indigenous medical practices....
- Under the influence of yagé Rick has the unsettling habit of pretending to be an orang-utan.
- Although he only took yagé a few times, it is possible to argue that the yagé visions had a much deeper effect on his fiction than his use of heroin.
Origin
1920s: from American Spanish.