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Hoasca

UK: əʊəskə | US: oʊəskə
1. Pharm. The name given to the psychoactive beverage prepared from the decoction of the woody part of the mariri vine (Banisteriopsis caapi) with the leaves of the chacrona tree (Psychotria viridis), which contains, respectively, the β-carbolines harmine, harmaline and tetrahydroharmine and the psychoactive alkaloid N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT); 2. An entheogenic tea of South American origin prepared with the mariri vine and the leaves of the chacrona tree that provides an expanded state of consciousness. The use of Hoasca in shamanic rituals is part of the ancestral culture of several tribes in the Amazon region of Brazil, Peru and Bolivia, including the Ashaninka, Huni Kuin, Ticuna and Tucano.

Other common names: Ayahuasca, Vegetal, Daime, Yagé.
Since the 1930s, Hoasca tea has been distributed as a sacrament in some Christian religions, such as the União do Vegetal, Santo Daime, Barquinha and Alto Santo. The tea is proven harmless to health when used in the religious context and without the association with other substances, according to scientific studies conducted by renowned entities.
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hoasca

An entheogenic tea of South American origin prepared with the mariri vine and the leaves of the chacrona tree that provides an expanded state of consciousness. The use of Hoasca in shamanic rituals is part of the ancestral culture of several tribes in the Amazon region of Brazil, Peru and Bolivia, including the Ashaninka, Huni Kuin, Ticuna and Tucano. Since the 1930s, it has been distributed as a sacrament in some Christian religions, such as the União do Vegetal, Santo Daime, Barquinha and Alto Santo. The tea is proven harmless to health when used in the religious context and without the association with other substances, according to scientific studies conducted by renowned entities.

Other common names: Ayahuasca, Vegetal, Daime, Yagé.
Pharm. Hoasca is the name given to the psychoactive beverage prepared from the decoction of the woody part of the mariri vine (Banisteriopsis caapi) with the leaves of the chacrona tree (Psychotria viridis), which contains, respectively, the β-carbolines harmine, harmaline and tetrahydroharmine and the psychoactive alkaloid N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT);
by André Fagundes June 4, 2020
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Hoasca

noun.
UK: əʊəskə | US: oʊəskə
1. Pharm. The name given to the psychoactive beverage prepared from the decoction of the woody part of the mariri vine (Banisteriopsis caapi) with the leaves of the chacrona tree (Psychotria viridis), which contains, respectively, the β-carbolines harmine, harmaline and tetrahydroharmine and the psychoactive alkaloid N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT); Ayahuasca, Vegetal, Daime, Yagé.
2. An entheogenic tea of South American origin prepared with the mariri vine and the leaves of the chacrona tree that provides an expanded state of consciousness. The use of Hoasca in shamanic rituals is part of the ancestral culture of several tribes in the Amazon region of Brazil, Peru and Bolivia, including the Ashaninka, Huni Kuin, Ticuna and Tucano. Since the 1930s, it has been distributed as a sacrament in some Christian religions, such as the União do Vegetal, Santo Daime, Barquinha and Alto Santo. The tea is proven harmless to health when used in the religious context and without the association with other substances, according to scientific studies conducted by renowned entities.
"Hoasca tea facilitates a mental introspection, producing clarity of consciousness and a sharpening of perception."
by André Fagundes March 24, 2020
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HOPSCA

A neologism used in real estate advertisement in Chinese context. It is read as "hao bu si ka" in Chinese. In general, it refers to large scale mixed-use or complex development in downtown area. Users of this word assume that it is derived in Western context and erroneously deem France's la Défense as the first HOPSCA in the wrold. Many commercial mixed-use development in China now use this word to symbolize their project as a fashion and international one, which in fact is a Made-In-China.

A translation of Chinese definition of this word: "It has been defined as a integration of hotels, office, ecological park, shopping centers, convention, apartments into a multi-functional, modern and comprehensive city-dimensional spaces. It is the world's most advanced real estate development model"
As development of architectural concept people from the use of a house, to use residential, and then use matching step by upgrading the primitive to mordern and now .HOPSCA could allow residents to use a whole city .
by alanxuan November 30, 2010
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hoasian

A youthful asian-american chick from the OC who gets all hotted up and goes out to a run-of-the-mill Hollywood club and dances sexily (like a bisexual hooker/erotic dancer) to cheezy 50-cent tracks while large gangsters/rapper types in baseball caps pretend she's in their music video.
Oh man, that gangster is gettin all up on that hoasian in the corner - look where his hand is right now.
by wickerbean July 30, 2008
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hooscal

A Jail or Correctional Institution
He was arrested and thrown in the hooscal
by Michelle P February 12, 2006
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Hascall

1. one of the best kinds of names out there

2. one of those people who are always into something... i.e. that curious one
i.e. like that Hascall girl
by JOrge's girl June 19, 2008
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