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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 psilocybinplay

  Familiarity information: MAGIC MUSHROOM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAGIC MUSHROOM (noun)


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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