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pe·yo·te

 (pā-ō′tē) also pe·yo·tl (-ōt′l)
n.
1. A spineless, dome-shaped cactus (Lophophora williamsii) native to Mexico and the southwest United States, having buttonlike tubercles that contain the hallucinogen mescaline and are traditionally used in rituals by certain Native American peoples. Also called mescal.
2. Peyote buttons.

[American Spanish, from Nahuatl peyotl, caterpillar cocoon, peyote (because the tufts of woolly hair in the center of its tubercles resemble caterpillar cocoons).]
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peyote

(peɪˈəʊtɪ; pɪ-)
n
(Plants) another name for mescal1
[Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl peyotl]
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pe•yo•te

(peɪˈoʊ ti)

n., pl. -tes.
4. (in Mexico) any of several cacti related to or resembling mescal.
[1840–50, Amer.; < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl peyotl]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.peyote - a small spineless globe-shaped cactuspeyote - a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons
cactus - any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines
genus Lophophora, Lophophora - two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal
magic mushroom, mescal button, sacred mushroom - the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin
2.peyote - the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttonspeyote - the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons
hallucinogen, hallucinogenic drug, psychedelic drug, psychodelic drug - a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences
magic mushroom, mescal button, sacred mushroom - the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin
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Translations

peyote

[peɪˈəʊtɪ] Npeyote m
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peyote

nPeyotl m
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pe·yo·te

, peyotl
n. peyote, planta de la que se extrae la mescalina, droga alucinatoria.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

peyote

n peyote m
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References in periodicals archive ?
What might this courageous thinker have made of'God,' by contrast, if he had partaken, say, of peyote, or peyotl, the 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine containing 'divine messenger' of the Nahuatl speaking peoples of Mesoamerica?
(15.) Pouvant comprendre notamment la consommation rituelle et assistee de peyotl, de mescal ou d'ayahuasca, notamment.
(18) As Artaud elucidates in what is perhaps the most important essay of Les Tarahumaras "Le rite du peyotl chez les Tarahumaras" "le rite du Ciguri est un Rite de creation et qui explique comment les choses sont dans le Vide et celui-ci dans l'Infini, et comment elles en sortirent dans la Realite et furent faites" (23).
Phenomenes de Metagnomie experimentale observes au cours d'une experience faite avec le "peyotl" (Echinocactus Williamsii) [Experimental extrasensory phenomena observed during an experiment carried out with "peyote"].
The gods of Mexico inhabited the Peyotl. The Persian Sufis discovered Allah in the wine of Shiraz, the shamans of the Samoyeds ate toadstools and were filled with the spirit of Num.