melange

n. mixture, blend; medley (especially of things that would not ordinarily be grouped together)

Melange is the name of the fictional drug (also known as [the] spice) central to the Dune series of science fiction novels by Frank Herbert, and derivative works.
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This article is about the geologial usage, for other uses see: Melange (disambiguation). In geologic context, mélange is a large scale formed in the accretionary wedge above a subduction zone. The mélange typically consists of a jumble of large blocks of varied of altered oceanic crustal material and blocks of continental slope sediments in a sheared mudstone matrix.
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Noun
1. a motley assortment of things
(synonym) odds and ends, oddments, farrago, ragbag, hodgepodge, mishmash, mingle-mangle, hotchpotch, omnium-gatherum
(hypernym) assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley

n. mixing, blending; amalgamation, intermixture; blend, mix, concoction

adj. mixed, blended, mingled, jumbled

v. mix, blend; muddle, scramble; intermingle, interwind

(n.)
A mixture; a medley.