peyote (redirected from Peyote cactus)

peyote /pey·o·te/ (pa-ot´e) a stimulant drug from mescal buttons, whose active principle is mescaline; used by North American Indians in certain ceremonies to produce an intoxication marked by feelings of ecstasy.

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peyote (pā·yō·tē),

n Latin name:
Lophophora williamsii; parts used: whole cactus; uses: traditional uses include alcohol addiction, snakebite, arthritis, rheumatism, burns, heart conditions, and as a visionary adjunct to traditional religious practices, antimicrobial, sedative; precautions: pregnancy, lactation, children, CNS stimulants, hallucinogenic, illegal in the U.S. (possible exception given to the Native American Church) and most of Europe. Also called
anhalonium, big chief, buttons, cactus, mesc, mescal, mescal buttons, mescaline, mexc, moon, pan peyote, or
peyote button.

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peyote

a stimulant drug from mescal buttons, the flowering heads of the cactus Lophophora williamsii, whose active principle is mescaline; used by North American Indians in certain ceremonies to produce an intoxication marked by feelings of ecstasy. See also hallucinogen.