1. peyote(n = noun.plant) lophophora williamsii, mescal, mezcal - a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons; Array
is a kind of cactus
has parts: magic mushroom, mescal button, sacred mushroom
is a member of genus lophophora, lophophora
2. peyote(n = noun.artifact) mescaline - the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons; Array
is a kind of hallucinogen, hallucinogenic drug, psychedelic drug, psychodelic drug
peyote, n.
1 any Mexican cactus of the genus Lophophora, esp. L. williamsii having no spines and button-like tops when dried.
2 a hallucinogenic drug containing mescaline prepared from this.
Etymology:
Amer. Sp. f. Nahuatl peyotl