SACRED MUSHROOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sacred mushroom mean? 

• SACRED MUSHROOM (noun)
  The noun SACRED MUSHROOM has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SACRED 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 ("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)