toloache
(tɒlˈwætʃɪ)
Also toloachi.
[a. Mexican Sp. toloache, a. Nahuatl toloatzin, f. toloa to bow the head + tzin reverential.]
A preparation of a plant of the genus Datura used as an intoxicating and hallucinogenic drug.
| 1894 [see marijuana, marihuana 1 a]. 1948 A. L. Kroeber Anthropol. (rev. ed.) xiv. 567 Southern and south-central California: Initiation of youths with toloache or jimson-weed drug (Datura species). The narcosis is accompanied by visions, which were considered sacred. 1964 I. Fleming You only live Twice vii. 93 Addiction to toloachi, a drink made from D. tatula, causes chronic imbecility. |