peyote

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/peɪˈjoʊti/

noun

A small, spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) found from southwest United States to central Mexico that produces buttonlike tubercles that can be chewed for their psychedelic effect, primarily from the drug mescaline.

Similar
mescalmezcalLophophora williamsiimescaline
OriginSpanish peyote ← Classical Nahuatl peyotl →
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Meanings

nounpeyote (countable and uncountable, plural peyotes)

plural peyotes

  1. countableuncountableA small, spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) found from southwest United States to central Mexico that produces buttonlike tubercles that can be chewed for their psychedelic effect, primarily from the drug mescaline.

    Synonyms: mescal

  2. countableuncountableA mescal button produced by the plant.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA small, spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) found from southwest United States to central Mexico that produces buttonlike tubercles that can be chewed for their psychedelic effect, primarily from the drug mescaline.

Similar
mescal

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
mescalmezcalLophophora williamsii
Broader
cactus

nounthe hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons

Similar
mescaline
Broader
hallucinogenhallucinogenic drugpsychedelic drug
Also see
mescalmescaline

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Classical Nahuatlpeyotl
  2. Spanishpeyote
  3. Englishpeyote

From Spanish peyote, from Classical Nahuatl peyotl.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 佩奧特掌 /佩奥特掌, 烏羽玉 /乌羽玉
  • 佩奧特掌 /佩奥特掌 (pèi'àotèzhǎng)cactus
  • 烏羽玉 /乌羽玉 (wūyǔyù)cactus
  • 皮約特仙人掌 /皮约特仙人掌 (píyuētè xiānrénzhǎng)cactus
  • 仙人球膏 (xiānrénqiúgāo)cactus
Esperanto pejotlo
  • pejotlocactus
Estonian peioote-uimakaktus
  • peioote-uimakaktuscactus
Finnish myrkkykaktus, meskaliinikaktus
  • myrkkykaktuscactus
  • meskaliinikaktuscactus
French peyotl
  • peyotlcactus
Japanese ペヨーテ
  • ペヨーテ (peyōte)cactus
Polish pejotl
  • pejotlcactus
Portuguese peiote, mescal
  • peiotecactus
  • mescalcactus
Russian пейот
  • пейот (pejot)cactus
Spanish peyote, wokowi
  • peyotecactus
  • wokowicactus
Swedish peyote, meskalinkaktus
  • peyotecactus
  • meskalinkaktuscactus
Ukrainian пейот, пейотль
  • пейот (pejot)cactus
  • пейотль (pejotlʹ)cactus
Cite this entry
APA

peyote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peyote

MLA

“peyote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peyote. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peyote,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peyote.

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