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Meaning of "mescaline" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MESCALINE

mescaline  [ˈmɛskəˌliːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MESCALINE

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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mescaline is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MESCALINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mescaline

Mescaline

Mescaline or 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine is a naturally occurring psychedelic alkaloid of the phenethylamine class, known for its hallucinogenic effects similar to those of LSD and psilocybin. It shares strong structural similarities with the catecholamine dopamine. It occurs naturally in the peyote cactus, the San Pedro cactus and in the Peruvian torch, and as well in a number of other members of the Cactaceae plant family. It is also found in small amounts in certain members of the Fabaceae family, including Acacia berlandieri. Laboratory synthetic mescaline. Biosynthesized by peyote, this was the first psychedelic compound to be extracted and isolated.

Definition of mescaline in the English dictionary

The definition of mescaline in the dictionary is a hallucinogenic drug derived from mescal buttons. Formula: C11H17NO3.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MESCALINE


arvicoline
ɑːˈvɪkəˌliːn
bengaline
ˈbɛŋɡəˌliːn
citrulline
ˈsɪtrəˌliːn
gasolene
ˈɡæsəˌliːn
gasoline
ˈɡæsəˌliːn
isoprenaline
ˌaɪsəʊˈprenəˌliːn
lobeline
ˈləʊbəˌliːn
Magdalene
ˈmæɡdəˌliːn
mescalin
ˈmɛskəˌliːn
methylnaphthalene
ˌmiːθaɪlˈnæpθəˌliːn
mezcaline
ˈmɛskəˌliːn
morpholine
ˈmɔːfəˌliːn
naphthaline
ˈnæfθəˌliːn
nickeline
ˈnɪkəˌliːn
pemoline
ˈpɛməˌliːn
percaline
ˈpɜːkəˌliːn
picoline
ˈpɪkəˌliːn
quinoline
ˈkwɪnəˌliːn
silkoline
ˈsɪlkəˌliːn
tourmaline
ˈtʊəməˌliːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MESCALINE

mesail
mesally
mesaraic
mesarch
mesaticephalic
mesaticephalous
mesaticephaly
mescal
mescalin
mescalism
mesclun
mesdames
mesdemoiselles
mese
meseemed
meseems
mesel
meseled
mesembryanthemum

WORDS THAT END LIKE MESCALINE

adrenaline
aline
alkaline
amygdaline
antalkaline
euryhaline
formaline
harmaline
hotline
hyaline
hypersaline
messaline
noradrenaline
opaline
praline
saline
sealine
sepaline
silkaline
thermohaline
valine

Synonyms and antonyms of mescaline in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mescaline» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MESCALINE

Find out the translation of mescaline to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mescaline from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mescaline» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

麦司卡林
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mescalina
570 millions of speakers

English

mescaline
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mescaline
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مسكالين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мескалин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mescalina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Mescaline
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mescaline
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mescaline
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Meskalin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

メスカリン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

메스 칼린
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mescaline
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mescaline
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mescaline
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेस्किलीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

meskalin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mescalina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

meskalina
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мескалін
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mescalina
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεσκαλίνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

meskalien
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

meskalin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

meskalin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mescaline

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MESCALINE»

The term «mescaline» is regularly used and occupies the 84.969 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MESCALINE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mescaline

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MESCALINE»

Discover the use of mescaline in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mescaline and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Drugs and Society
The use of peyote as part of the latest New Age craze is very disturbing to members of this church and is viewed almost as a form of sacrilege. Mescaline is the most active drug in peyote; it induces intensified perception of colors and euphoria ...
Glen R. Hanson, Peter J. Venturelli, Annette E. Fleckenstein, 2006
2
Miserable Miracle: Mescaline
He also began to take mescaline at regular intervals, recording his deeply disorienting, often traumatic experiences in a series of unflinching texts beginning with Miserable Miracle.
Henri Michaux, 2002
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Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation: A Reference Guide to Fetal ...
An active alkaloid in peyote is mescaline, an agent that causes developmental toxicity in animals. The use of peyote for religious rituals by certain Indian populations involves low doses and does not appear, based on limited data, to cause ...
Gerald G. Briggs, Roger K. Freeman, Sumner J. Yaffe, 2011
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The A-Z Encyclopedia of Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Mes Colloquial term for mescaline. Mesa Colloquial term for mescaline. Mesactol Temazepam. Mesc Colloquial term for mescaline. Mesca Colloquial term for mescaline. Mescal 1. Colloquial term for mescaline. 2. A distilled beverage from the ...
Thomas Nordegren, 2002
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The Psychopharmacology of Herbal Medicine: Plant Drugs that ...
1988). But chronic mescaline use does not alter binding to 5-HT2 receptors as LSD does (Buckholtz et al. 1990). Mescaline increases the acoustic startle, which is prevented by 5-HT> antagonists (Davis 1987). Also similar to LSD, mescaline ...
Marcello Spinella, 2001
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The Analysis of Controlled Substances
A number of difficulties are associated with colour tests on fresh and dried plant material, in addition to those associated with analysing a primary amine such as mescaline. These include the fact that the plant material itself may obscure the ...
Michael D. Cole, 2003
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Addiction and the Medical Complications of Drug Abuse
8.2.1 Phenylethylamine Derivatives 8.2.1.1 Mescaline Mescaline is a phenylethylamine derivative. Its use probably dates from as long as 5700 years ago.93 It is found in peyote cactus, and can be ingested orally or intravenously.
Steven B. Karch, MD, FFFLM, 2007
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Principles Of Clinical Toxicology, Third Edition
the potency of LSD is considerably greater than psilocybin, which in turn is more potent than mescaline. Twenty milligrams of psilocybin is equivalent to the usual dose (100 mg) of LSD. Therefore, LSD appears to be approximately 150 to 200 ...
Thomas A Gossel, 1994
9
New Research on Street Drugs
both natural and synthetic forms. The ingestion of peyote is rarely severe. Mescaline is readily absorbed after oral exposure, peak blood levels are noted 2 hours postingestion, the onset of effects is Vi to 2 hours, and duration up to 14 hours, ...
Spencer M. Cole, 2006
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Forensic Neuropathology and Associated Neurology
Phenylalkylamines (mescaline) 2. Indole alkylamines (LSD) 3. Substituted amphetamines [3,4-methylenediox- methamphetamine (MDMA), 3,4-methylene- dioxyethamphetamine (MDEA) - with ut hallucinogenic, but entactogenic effects - ch ...
Manfred Oehmichen, Roland N. Auer, Hans Günter König, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MESCALINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mescaline is used in the context of the following news items.
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Behold the rise of the joke candidate, from Andy Burnham to Donald …
... even Kojak-bald this high priest of deranged bombast would closer resemble the figment of a fifth-rate satirist's mescaline-fuelled nightmare ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
2
Happy Birthday, Hunter S. Thompson
Thompson couldn't get anyone to talk and split for Las Vegas with "two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of ... «Den of Geek!, Jul 15»
3
The Wildest Hamptons Bondage Party
Melonie Haller and Robert McKeage, who was well-supplied with coke, poppers, Quaaludes and mescaline, were early arrivals at Ocean ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
4
THE DANGERS OF MOLLY
... or MDMA) is a synthetic, psychoactive drug that has similarities to both the stimulant amphetamine and the hallucinogen mescaline. Some of ... «Havana Herald, Jul 15»
5
The Bunk Police Are Risking Prison to Bring Drug Testing Kits to …
One of Bunk Police's available kits, useful for testing MDMA, cocaine, LSD, and mescaline. At first, Auctor accepted donations but sold the kits ... «Noisey, Jul 15»
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A family scrapbook on the comics page
Previously, Pastis produced a strip with the punchline “Just think of us as Hi and Lois' on mescaline. Lots and lots of mescaline.” It was too ... «Newcanaannewsonline, Jul 15»
7
Undercard bands are the heart of Forecastle
King Tuff is a man with a heart built from radioactive fragments of power pop unearthed in 1971 by Marc Bolan on an excavation in Mescaline ... «The Courier-Journal, Jul 15»
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Now on Netflix: 7 of the Best Drug-Themed Movies
Alcohol, mescaline, LSD, ether, marijuana, amphetamines, various prescription drugs and the made-up adrenochrome are just some of the ... «The Cheat Sheet, Jul 15»
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Legal Highs: The Danger of Synthetic Marijuana 'Spice'
Synthetic cannabinoids a Schedule 1 drug, joining the likes of Marijuana, Heroin, LSD, Mescaline, MDMA and Ecstasy to name some. The lack ... «Food World News, Jul 15»
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A team has begun clinical tests to see if MDMA can cure PTSD
As for this particular scenario, Mr Haden believes MDMA possesses healing powers because of its marriage between methamphetamine and mescaline. «Perth Now, Jul 15»

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