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Definition of Mescal button
1. Noun. The button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin.
Terms within: Mescaline, Peyote
Group relationships: Lophophora Williamsii, Mescal, Mezcal, Peyote
Generic synonyms: Plant Organ
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mescal Button
Literary usage of Mescal button
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1896)
"The mescal button.—Some time ago we referred to a publication regarding the
therapeutical use of the mescal button, ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1913)
"For this purpose we used the Mexican drag pelotte—the mescal button. ...
had described the phenomena induced by the mescal button, ..."
3. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1896)
"Dr. D. Webster Prentiss discovered the action of the drug popularly known as
mescal button, ... It is to the use of the mescal button by the ..."
4. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1896)
"... known as "mescal button," and is yielded by a plant, ... It is to the use of
the mescal button by the ..."
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