Peyote

  • 31PEYOTE CULT —    a religious REVITALIZATION MOVEMENT which swept through various NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN tribes in the late nineteenth century and survives today as a religious movement which combines TRADITIONAL practices and BELIEFS with others derived from… …

    Concise dictionary of Religion

  • 32peyote cult — noun Usage: often capitalized P 1. : an American Indian religious society or form of worship centering around the sacramental use of peyote 2. : peyotism …

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  • 33Peyote — Mescalbuttons; Pellote; Peyotl * * * Pey|o|te, Pey|otl, der; [aztek.]: aus dem oberirdischen Teil einer mexikanischen Kakteenart gewonnenes Rauschmittel in Form getrockneter, in Scheiben geschnittener Teile dieser Pflanze, die gekaut werden …

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  • 34peyote — Synonyms and related words: DET, DMT, LSD, Mary Jane, STP, THC, acid, antidepressant, ataractic, diethyltryptamine, dimethyltryptamine, gage, ganja, grass, hallucinogen, hash, hashish, hay, hemp, joint, kava, marijuana, mescal, mescal bean,… …

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  • 35peyote — pe|yo|te [ peı outi ] noun count a CACTUS that grows mainly in Mexico and contains the powerful illegal drug mescalin that makes people who take it imagine they see and hear things …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 36peyote — peɪ əʊtɪ n. plant from which the hallucinogen mescaline is extracted …

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  • 37peyote —    See mescal …

    Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

  • 38peyote — noun 1 (U) a drug made from a Mexican cactus, which makes people imagine that strange things are happening to them; mescalin 2 (C) the plant that produces this drug …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 39peyote — pe·yo·te …

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  • 40peyote — pe•yo•te [[t]peɪˈoʊ ti[/t]] n. pl. tes 1) pha mescal 3) 2) pha mescal button 3) pha mescaline 4) pln (in Mexico) any of several cacti related to or resembling mescal • Etymology: 1840–50, amer.; < MexSp < Nahuatl peyotl …

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