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Meaning of Mescaline | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈmɛs.kəl.ɪn

Definitions

A hallucinogenic and intoxicating compound present in the peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii), the San Pedro cactus (Echinopsis pachanoi), and the Peruvian torch (Echinopsis peruviana).

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

العربية عقار الهلوسة
Deutsch Meskalin
Suomi meskaliini
Français mescaline
Русский мескали́н
Svenska meskalin

Examples

“We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers . . . and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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