peyote

peyote

English

peyote

Etymology

From Spanish peyote, from 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

Derived terms

• peyote gravy

Translations

cactus

Chinese: Mandarin: 佩奧特掌／佩奥特掌 (pèi'àotèzhǎng), 烏羽玉／乌羽玉 (wūyǔyù), 皮約特仙人掌／皮约特仙人掌 (píyuētè xiānrénzhǎng), 仙人球膏 (xiānrénqiúgāo) Esperanto: pejotlo Estonian: peioote-uimakaktus Finnish: myrkkykaktus (fi), meskaliinikaktus (fi) French: peyotl (fr) m Huichol: hikuri Japanese: ペヨーテ (peyōte) Nahuatl: Classical Nahuatl: peyotl Polish: pejotl m Portuguese: peiote (pt) m, mescal m Spanish: peyote (es) m Swedish: peyote (sv) c, meskalinkaktus c

Further reading

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

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Spanish

peyote

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl peyotl.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /peˈʝote/ [peˈʝo.t̪e]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /peˈʝote/ [peˈʝo.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peˈʃote/ [peˈʃo.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peˈʒote/ [peˈʒo.t̪e]

• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: pe‧yo‧te

Noun

peyote m (plural peyotes)

1. peyote

Descendants

• → Catalan: peiot
• → English: peyote

Further reading

• “peyote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014