mescaline

noun Pharmacology.

1. a white, water-soluble, crystalline powder, C11H17NO3, obtained from mescal buttons, that produces hallucinations.

noun

1. a hallucinogenic drug derived from mescal buttons. Formula: C 11 H 17 NO 3

n.crystalline alkaloid, 1896, from German mezcalin (1896), so called because it originally was found in the buttons that grow atop the mescal cacti (see mescal). With chemical suffix -ine (2). n.

1. An alkaloid drug obtained from buttons of a small cactus (Lophophora williamsii) that has hallucinatory effects.