soma

Body.

The body of a multicellular organism as contrasted with its germ-cells.

In ancient India, a drink having intoxicating properties, expressed from the stems of a certain plant, and playing an important part in sacrifices, being offered especially to the god Indra. It was personified and deified, and worshiped as a god.

An East Indian plant, the probable source of the beverage soma.

In later Hind. myth., the moon, or the deity of the moon.

The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.

A ritual drink in ancient Vedic and Persian cultures, dating to common Indo-Iranian period.

any kind of intoxicating drug

The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.

The bulbous part of a neuron, containing the cell nucleus.