caapi

A hallucinogen, obtained from the South American vine, Banisteriopsis caapi, used medicinally by the indigenous peoples of the Amazon.

Noun

  1. A hallucinogen, obtained from the South American vine, Banisteriopsis caapi, used medicinally by the indigenous peoples of the Amazon.
    • The bundle of the caapi would presumably have quite lost its virtue from the same cause, and I do not know that it was ever analyzed chemically; - 1967, Harvard University - Botanical Museum, Botanical Museum Leaflets,...
    • No more interesting or complex narcotic drink can be found than ayahuasca, caapi, or yajé, prepared basically from the bark of the liana Banisteriopsis caapi. - 1977, Walter H. Lewis, Memory P. F. Elvin-Lewis, Medical...
    • A number of studies have confused ayahuasca, caapi, and yagé as substances other than Banisteriopsis caapi. - 1985, Richard Alan Miller, The Magical and Ritual Use of Aphrodisiacs, page 91: