PEYOTE

Peyote

Lophophora williamsii is a small, spineless cactus with psychoactive alkaloids, particularly mescaline. The Spanish common name, also used in English, is peyote, which means "glisten" or "glistening". Native North Americans are likely to have used peyote for at least 5,500 years.

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peyote

Noun

  1. A small, spineless cactus () 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.
  2. A mescal button produced by the plant.


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