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• Peyote — Mescalito redirects here. For the Ryan Bingham album, see Mescalito (album). Peyote Peyote in the wild Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• peyote — also peyotl noun Etymology: Mexican Spanish peyote, from Nahuatl peyotl peyote cactus Date: 1849 1. a hallucinogenic drug containing mescaline that is derived from peyote buttons and used especially in the religious ceremonies of some American… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• peyote — pey·o·te pā ōt ē also pey·otl ōt əl n 1) a hallucinogenic drug containing mescaline that is derived from peyote buttons and used esp. in the religious ceremonies of some American Indian peoples 2) a small spineless cactus of the genus Lophophora… …   Medical dictionary

• peyote — /pay oh tee/; Sp. /pe yaw te/, n., pl. peyotes / teez/; Sp. / tes/. 1. mescal (def. 3). 2. See mescal button. 3. mescaline. 4. (in Mexico) any of several cacti related to or resembling mescal. [1840 50 …   Universalium

• Peyote —    Name derived from the Nahuatl word peyotl for the buttons of a cactus indigenous to Mexico and the southwestern United States. Its ingestion is central to the rituals of the Native American Church and Huichol (Wixáritari) shamans. Academic and …   Historical dictionary of shamanism

• Peyote — Peyotl Peyotl …   Wikipédia en Français

• peyote — kvaitulinis pejotlis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Kaktusinių šeimos vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Lophophora williamsii), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje (Teksase) ir Meksikoje. Turi haliucinogeninių ir narkotinių medžiagų. atitikmenys: lot.… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

• mescal-buttons — kvaitulinis pejotlis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Kaktusinių šeimos vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Lophophora williamsii), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje (Teksase) ir Meksikoje. Turi haliucinogeninių ir narkotinių medžiagų. atitikmenys: lot.… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

• cactus (buttons) — n. peyote cactus containing mescaline. (Drugs.) □ Gert came back from vacation with a bag of cactus buttons. □ “Who ate all my cactus?” screamed Gert …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• Native American Church — insignia Native American Church, a religious denomination which practices Peyotism or the Peyote religion, originated in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, and is the most widespread indigenous religion among Native Americans in the United States.… …   Wikipedia