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ayahuasca definition

aya·huasca (ä′yä wäs′kä)

noun

  1. a hallucinogenic drink containing harmine, CHNO, prepared by Amazonian Indians from the bark of various vines of a genus (Banisteriopsis, esp. B. caapi) of the malpighia family
  2. any of these vines

Etymology: AmSp < Quechua, lit., vine of the dead < aya, cadaver + huasca, vine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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