peyote
/peɪˈəʊtɪ/noun
1- a small soft blue-green spineless cactus, native to Mexico and the southern US佩奥特掌, 乌羽玉(仙人掌)。亦称MESCAL.
1.1
- Lophophora williamsii, family Cactaceae.拉丁名Lophophora williamsii, 仙人掌科。
1.2
- mass noun a hallucinogenic drug prepared from this cactus, containing mescaline佩奥特碱。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from Latin American Spanish, from Nahuatl peyotl.