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Definition of Peyote

1. Noun. A small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons.

2. Noun. The hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons.

Definition of Peyote

1. Noun. A small, spineless cactus (''Lophophora williamsii'') found from southwest United States to central Mexico that produces buttonlike tubercles that can be chewed for its psychedelic effect, primarily from the drug mescaline. Also called ''mescal''. ¹

2. Noun. A mescal button produced by the plant. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Peyote

1. a cactus [n -S] - See also: cactus

Medical Definition of Peyote

1. Aztec name for Lophophora williamsii; principal active component of peyote is mescaline. Synonym: pellote. Origin: Sp. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peyote

pewter pewterer pewterers pewters pewterware pewterwares pewtery pewtre pexelizumab pexin

pexinogen pexis peyer's peyer's glands peyer's patch peyote (current term) peyotes peyotism peyotisms peyotist

peyotists peyotl peyotls peyse peysed peyses peysing peytral peytrals peytrel

Literary usage of Peyote

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Societies of the Plains Indians by Clark Wissler (1916)
"THE peyote. About 1890, two Pawnee youths visited the Quapaw where they learned something of the peyote cult. They brought back with them some of the ..."

2. North American Indians of the Plains by Clark Wissler (1920)
"peyote Button. The enthusiasm over the new ghost dance religion spread over the several Dakota Indian reservations, resulting in the attempted arrest and ..."

3. Traditional Ojibwa Religion and Its Historical Changes by Christopher Vecsey (1983)
"peyote Religion, and Other Cults The Ghost Dance came to the Ojibwas from the Dakotas, ... peyote ..."

4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"peyote. cally identified as Lophophora, Williamsii. The plant grows abundantly in a wild state along the Rio Grande and southward, and is gathered by the ..."

5. Human Rights Violations in the United States: A Report on U.S. Compliance by Steven R. Shapiro (1993)
"Eating peyote is considered an act of worship and communion that dates back at least ... peyote is also a controlled substance, generally illegal to ingest. ..."

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