peyote

English

peyote

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish peyote, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Classical Nahuatl peyotl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɪˈjoʊti/

Noun

peyote (plural peyotes)

1. A small, spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) found from southwest United States to central Mexico that produces buttonlike tubercles that can be chewed for its psychedelic effect, primarily from the drug mescaline.
2. A mescal button produced by the plant.

Synonyms

• (Lophophora williamsii): mescal

Translations

cactus

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 佩奧特掌／佩奥特掌, 佩奥特掌 (pèi'àotèzhǎng), 烏羽玉／乌羽玉 (wūyǔyù), 乌羽玉 (wūyǔyù), 皮約特仙人掌／皮约特仙人掌, 皮约特仙人掌 (píyuētè xiānrénzhǎng), 仙人球膏 (xiānrénqiúgāo)

• Estonian: peioote-uimakaktus
• Finnish: myrkkykaktus (fi), meskaliinikaktus (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: peyotl (fr) m
• Portuguese: peiote m, mescal m
• Spanish: peyote (es) m
• Swedish: peyote (sv) c, meskalinkaktus c

Further reading

• peyote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lophophora williamsii on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Lophophora williamsii on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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Spanish

peyote

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Classical Nahuatl peyotl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe̞ˈʝo̞te̞/
• Rhymes: -ote

Noun

peyote m (plural peyotes)

1. peyote

Descendants

• English: peyote