sacred mushroom

sacred mushroom
noun
the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin
Hypernyms: ↑plant organ
Part Holonyms: ↑mescal, ↑mezcal, ↑peyote, ↑Lophophora williamsii
Substance Meronyms: ↑mescaline, ↑peyote

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I. noun II. noun
: any of various New World hallucinogenic fungi (as of the genus Psilocybe) used especially in some Indian ceremonies

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sacred mushroom noun
1. Any of various hallucinogenic mushrooms, eg of the genus Psilocybe of N and S America, and Amanita of Europe and Asia, used in religious rituals and ceremonies
2. A mescal button used in a similar way
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Main Entry:sacred

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sacred mushroom,
1. the Mexican mushroom from which the hallucinogenic drug psilocybin is derived. Certain Indians of Mexico eat the mushroom in religious rites.
2. any other mushroom grown used for its hallucinogenic effects.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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