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peyote

noun

pey·​o·​te pā-ˈō-tē How to pronounce peyote (audio)
variants or less commonly peyotl
1
: a hallucinogenic drug containing mescaline that is derived from the dried discoid tops of a cactus (Lophophora williamsii) and is used especially in the religious ceremonies of some American Indian peoples see peyote button
2
: a small, low, spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico with rounded stems having jointed tubercles with tufts of usually woolly hairs

called also mescal

Illustration of peyote

Illustration of peyote
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The Navajo Nation Council is considering a measure that states the tribe is against the decriminalization of peyote. Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2022 The court ruled that the law against use of peyote applied to all, religions groups and nonreligious groups alike. Mark Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2022 For example: providing a religious exemption to Indigenous people who take peyote as part of a ritual. Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2022 Among the sources of these psychoactive substances is peyote, which has been used by Native Americans for thousands of years. Louis Metzger Iv, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022 Apache, Huichol, Utes, Comanche, and Navajo peoples are among the current heirs of peyote’s ancient discoverers and stewards of its spiritual and medicinal uses. Louis Metzger Iv, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022 Unlike other psychedelics such as peyote or ayahuasca, which are grounded in centuries of traditions involving Indigenous peoples, Bufo’s usage is thought to be more recent. New York Times, 20 Mar. 2022 The usual suspects: caffeine, pot, heroin, cocaine, peyote, LSD, psilocybin. Bob Odenkirk, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022 Mexico is home to numerous shamanic rituals involving psychoactive substances, such as psilocybin and peyote; farther south, communities in the Amazon have been brewing ayahuasca for centuries. The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Mexican Spanish peyote, from Nahuatl peyotl peyote cactus

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of peyote was in 1849

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