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Peyote

noun
1.
A small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons.  Synonyms: Lophophora williamsii, mescal, mezcal.
2.
The hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons.  Synonym: mescaline.





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"Peyote" Quotes from Famous Books



... affect sensation, thinking, self-awareness, and emotion. Hallucinogens include LSD (acid, microdot), mescaline and peyote (mexc, buttons, cactus), amphetamine variants (PMA, STP, DOB), phencyclidine (PCP, angel dust, hog), phencyclidine analogues (PCE, PCPy, TCP), and others ...
— The 1993 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... The Diabolic Root: A Study of Peyotism, the New Indian Religion, among the Delawares, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1934. The use of peyote has now spread northwest into Canada. See Milly Peacock Stenberg's The Peyote Culture among Wyoming Indians, University of Wyoming Publications, Laramie, ...
— Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest • J. Frank Dobie


Words linked to "Peyote" :   sacred mushroom, Lophophora, hallucinogen, hallucinogenic drug, genus Lophophora, mescal button, psychedelic drug, magic mushroom, psychodelic drug, cactus


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