MESCAL BUTTON

 Dictionary entry overview: What does mescal button mean? 

• MESCAL BUTTON (noun)
  The noun MESCAL BUTTON has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MESCAL BUTTON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MESCAL BUTTON (noun)

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 ("mescal button" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (substance of "mescal button"):

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

Holonyms ("mescal button" is a part of...):

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