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词汇 peyote
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Definition of peyote in English:

peyote

noun peɪˈəʊtipeɪˈjoʊdi
  • 1A 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

    Lophophora williamsii, family Cactaceae

    Also called mescal
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Its distinctive characteristic is the sacramental use of peyote, a cactus found in the Chihuahuan Desert that contains the psychedelic mescaline.
    • Ancient Mayan ruins, active volcanoes, the world's only hot waterfall, and a couple of weeks spent with a Mexican bongo troupe who believed in gnomes (interestingly they also believed in peyote, a hallucinogenic species of cactus).
    1. 1.1mass noun A hallucinogenic drug prepared from the peyote cactus, containing mescaline.
      佩奥特碱
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Let me assure you that being in the present won't hit you like the first time you smoked marijuana or had some LSD or peyote or whatever new ‘designer drug’ people are taking these days.
      • A narcotics law was allowed to be applied to the use of peyote in a native American religious service.
      • He was consuming drugs on a daily basis, including LSD, peyote, marijuana, and speed.
      • In dissent, Justice Harry Blackmun noted that a number of states, as well as the federal government, were letting Native Americans use peyote without any evident adverse effect on law enforcement or the health of the users.
      • But there have been concerns that the excessive consumption, ritualistic or not, of hallucinogenics like peyote might have some long-term health implications.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin American Spanish, from Nahuatl peyotl.

Rhymes

Capote, coatee, coyote, dhoti, floaty, goaty, oaty, roti, throaty

Definition of peyote in US English:

peyote

nounpāˈyōdēpeɪˈjoʊdi
  • 1A 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

    Lophophora williamsii, family Cactaceae

    Also called mescal
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Its distinctive characteristic is the sacramental use of peyote, a cactus found in the Chihuahuan Desert that contains the psychedelic mescaline.
    • Ancient Mayan ruins, active volcanoes, the world's only hot waterfall, and a couple of weeks spent with a Mexican bongo troupe who believed in gnomes (interestingly they also believed in peyote, a hallucinogenic species of cactus).
    1. 1.1 A hallucinogenic drug prepared from peyote, containing mescaline.
      佩奥特碱
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A narcotics law was allowed to be applied to the use of peyote in a native American religious service.
      • In dissent, Justice Harry Blackmun noted that a number of states, as well as the federal government, were letting Native Americans use peyote without any evident adverse effect on law enforcement or the health of the users.
      • He was consuming drugs on a daily basis, including LSD, peyote, marijuana, and speed.
      • But there have been concerns that the excessive consumption, ritualistic or not, of hallucinogenics like peyote might have some long-term health implications.
      • Let me assure you that being in the present won't hit you like the first time you smoked marijuana or had some LSD or peyote or whatever new ‘designer drug’ people are taking these days.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin American Spanish, from Nahuatl peyotl.

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