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Peyote
//peɪˈjoʊti// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A small, spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) found from southwest United States to central Mexico that produces buttonlike tubercles that can be chewed for their psychedelic effect, primarily from the drug mescaline. countable, uncountable
- 2 the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons wordnet
- 3 A mescal button produced by the plant. countable, uncountable
- 4 a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons wordnet
Etymology
From Spanish peyote, from Classical Nahuatl peyotl.
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