SACRED MUSHROOM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin

Synonyms:

magic mushroom; mescal button; sacred mushroom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sacred mushroom" is a kind of...):

plant organ (a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus)

Meronyms (substance of "sacred mushroom"):

mescaline; peyote (the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons)

Holonyms ("sacred mushroom" is a part of...):

Lophophora williamsii; mescal; mezcal; peyote (a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons)