A hallucinogenic brew made from the bark and stems of a tropical South American vine of the genus Banisteriopsis, especially B. caapi, mixed with other psychotropic plants, used especially in shamanistic rituals by certain Amazonian Indian peoples.
ETYMOLOGY:
American Spanish, from Quechua, rope of the dead, narcotic : aya, corpse + huasca, rope.
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