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MAGIC MUSHROOM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does magic mushroom mean?
• MAGIC MUSHROOM (noun)
The noun MAGIC MUSHROOM has 1 sense:
1. the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin
Familiarity information: MAGIC MUSHROOM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
magic mushroom; mescal button; sacred mushroom
Hypernyms ("magic mushroom" is a kind of...):
plant organ (a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus)
Meronyms (substance of "magic mushroom"):
mescaline; peyote (the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons)
Holonyms ("magic mushroom" is a part of...):
Lophophora williamsii; mescal; mezcal; peyote (a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons)
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