"peyote" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /peɪˈjoʊti/ Forms: peyotes [plural]
Etymology: From Spanish peyote, from Classical Nahuatl peyotl. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|peyote}} Spanish peyote, {{der|en|nci|peyotl}} Classical Nahuatl peyotl Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} peyote (countable and uncountable, plural peyotes)
  1. 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Cacti Synonyms (Lophophora williamsii): mescal Translations (cactus): 佩奧特掌 (Chinese Mandarin), 佩奥特掌 (pèi'àotèzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 烏羽玉 (Chinese Mandarin), 乌羽玉 (wūyǔyù) (Chinese Mandarin), 皮約特仙人掌 (Chinese Mandarin), 皮约特仙人掌 (píyuētè xiānrénzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 仙人球膏 (xiānrénqiúgāo) (Chinese Mandarin), peyotl (Classical Nahuatl), pejotlo (Esperanto), peioote-uimakaktus (Estonian), myrkkykaktus (Finnish), meskaliinikaktus (Finnish), peyotl [masculine] (French), hikuri (Huichol), ペヨーテ (peyōte) (Japanese), pejotl [masculine] (Polish), peiote [masculine] (Portuguese), mescal [masculine] (Portuguese), пейот (pejot) [masculine] (Russian), peyote [masculine] (Spanish), peyote [common-gender] (Swedish), meskalinkaktus [common-gender] (Swedish), пейот (pejot) [masculine] (Ukrainian), пейотль (pejotlʹ) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-peyote-en-noun-HMC7asTE Disambiguation of Cacti: 83 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 88 12 Disambiguation of 'Lophophora williamsii': 96 4 Disambiguation of 'cactus': 100 0
  2. A mescal button produced by the plant. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-peyote-en-noun-hcnjQP6R
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: peyote gravy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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