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PEYOTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peyote mean? 

PEYOTE (noun)
  The noun PEYOTE has 2 senses:

1. a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttonsplay

2. the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttonsplay

  Familiarity information: PEYOTE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PEYOTE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Lophophora williamsii; mescal; mezcal; peyote

Hypernyms ("peyote" is a kind of...):

cactus (any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines)

Meronyms (parts of "peyote"):

magic mushroom; mescal button; sacred mushroom (the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin)

Holonyms ("peyote" is a member of...):

genus Lophophora; Lophophora (two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

mescaline; peyote

Hypernyms ("peyote" is a kind of...):

hallucinogen; hallucinogenic drug; psychedelic drug; psychodelic drug (a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences)

Holonyms ("peyote" is a substance of...):

magic mushroom; mescal button; sacred mushroom (the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin)


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