Alternative forms

• mescalin

Etymology

From mescal (“peyote”) +‎ -ineCategory:English terms suffixed with -ine#MESCALINE.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛs.kəl.ɪn/, /ˈmɛs.kə.liːn/Category:English 3-syllable words#MESCALINECategory:English 3-syllable words#MESCALINECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#MESCALINE

Noun

mescaline (usually uncountable, plural mescalines)Category:English lemmas#MESCALINECategory:English nouns#MESCALINECategory:English uncountable nouns#MESCALINECategory:English countable nouns#MESCALINECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MESCALINECategory:Pages with entries#MESCALINECategory:Pages with 2 entries#MESCALINE

1. (biochemistryCategory:en:Biochemistry#MESCALINE) A hallucinogenic and intoxicating compound present in the peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii), the San Pedro cactus (Echinopsis pachanoiCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Echinopsis%20pachanoi), and the Peruvian torch (Echinopsis peruvianaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Echinopsis%20peruviana).
   • 1971, Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, New York: Popular Library, →ISBN, page 4:

     We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers . . . and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.

     Category:English terms with quotations#MESCALINE

References

• “mescaline”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “mescaline”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “mescaline”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• camelines

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛs.ka.lin/Category:French 3-syllable words#MESCALINECategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#MESCALINE

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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  Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#MESCALINE

Noun

mescaline f (uncountable)Category:French lemmas#MESCALINECategory:French nouns#MESCALINECategory:French uncountable nouns#MESCALINECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#MESCALINECategory:French feminine nouns#MESCALINECategory:Pages with entries#MESCALINECategory:Pages with 2 entries#MESCALINE

1. mescaline

Further reading

• “mescaline”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012