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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 buttons
2. the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons
Familiarity information: PEYOTE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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