peyote
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1840–50, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl peyotl
1840–50, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl peyotl
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| —n | |
| another name for mescal | |
| [Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl peyotl] | |
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Word Origin & History
peyote
"mescal cactus," 1849, from Mex.Sp. peyote, from Nahuatl peyotl, said to mean "caterpillar," the cactus so called in allusion to the downy button on top.
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Example sentences
The active ingredient in peyote is the hallucinogen mescaline.
McKenna was facing something that no shaman's rattle or peyote button was going to cure.
Mescaline is the active hallucinogenic ingredient in peyote.
And there are peyote trips and all sorts of weird, supernatural things.
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