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Toloache

//tɒlˈwæt͡ʃi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Angel's trumpet, an annual plant of species Datura inoxia. uncountable
  2. 2
    A psychoactive, hallucinogenic preparation made from the plant. uncountable

    "Three related tribes, the Costanoan, Esselen, and Salinan, living along the California coast to the south of San Francisco Bay used tobacco and toloache (datura). Toloache was taken for vision quests and to initiate boys into manhood."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish toloache, from Classical Nahuatl toloatzin, from toloa (“to bow the head”) + tzin (reverential). Doublet of toloatzin.

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