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Definitions: Peyote |
PeyoteNoun1. A small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons. 2. The hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: PeyoteSynonyms: mescal (n), mescaline (n), mezcal (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The top of the cactus above ground -- also referred to as the crown -- consists of disc-shaped buttons that are cut from the roots and dried. These buttons are generally chewed or soaked in water to produce an intoxicating liquid. The hallucinogenic dose for mescaline is about 0.3 to 0.5 grams (equivalent to about 5 grams of dried peyote) and lasts about 12 hours. While peyote produced rich visual hallucinations which were important to the native peyote cults, the full spectrum of effects served as a chemically induced model of mental illness. Mescaline can be extracted from peyote or produced synthetically.
A resurgence of interest in the use of peyote was spawned by accounts of its use in the early works of writer Carlos Castañeda. Don Juan Matus, the pseudonym for Castañeda's instructor in the use of peyote, used the name "Mescalito" to refer to an entity that purportedly can be sensed by those using peyote to gain insight in how to live one's life. Later works of Castañeda indicated that the use of such psychotropic substances was not necessary to achieve heightened awareness and de-emphasized the use of peyote as a general means to achieve this end.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Peyote."
Crosswords: Peyote |
| Non-English Usage: "Peyote" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Spanish (peyote). |
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Screenplays | He uses peyote, but he is down on hard drugs. (Grace of My Heart; writing credit: Allison Anders) | |
Movie/TV Titles | El Peyote (1969) The Peyote Road (1994) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Crow Indian, kneeling, wearing prayer shawl and holding a feather fan and staff, sings as he shakes a traditional peyote rattle during ceremony; two other young men sit or kneel on either side of him, Crow Indian Reservation, Montana.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Peyote" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Peyote" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
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Expression using "peyote": peyote buttons. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
peyote | 386 | drug peyote | 6 |
peyote stitch | 45 | beading with peyote stitch | 6 |
peyote cactus | 27 | free pattern peyote stitch | 5 |
peyote seed | 16 | church god peyote way | 5 |
bird peyote | 15 | graph paper peyote stitch | 5 |
peyote picture | 14 | church peyote | 5 |
peyote beading | 13 | bead peyote stitch | 5 |
pattern peyote | 11 | instructions peyote stitch | 4 |
pattern peyote stitch | 9 | graph peyote | 4 |
grow peyote | 9 | fact peyote | 4 |
free pattern peyote | 9 | coyote peyote | 4 |
peyote button | 8 | bead peyote | 4 |
peyote fan | 8 | pedro peyote san | 4 |
peyote song | 7 | music peyote | 4 |
growing peyote | 7 | graph paper peyote | 4 |
effects peyote | 7 | peyote religion | 4 |
buy peyote | 6 | peyote art | 4 |
beading free pattern peyote | 6 | bead pattern peyote | 4 |
form free peyote | 6 | ceremony peyote | 4 |
bird jewelry peyote | 6 | bird design peyote | 4 |
peyote sale | 4 | ||
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| Language | Translations for "peyote"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | peyotl (big chief, buttons, cactus, Lophophora williamsii, mesc, mescal, mescal button, mescal buttons, mescaline buttons, peyote buttons, peyotl), elefantfod (mescal button). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | peyotl (big chief, buttons, cactus, Lophophora williamsii, mesc, mescal, mescal button, mescal buttons, mescaline buttons, peyote buttons, peyotl), peyote (big chief, buttons, cactus, mesc, mescal, mescal buttons, mescaline buttons, peyote buttons, peyotl), mescal buttons (big chief, buttons, cactus, mesc, mescal, mescal buttons, mescaline buttons, peyote buttons, peyotl), Lophophora williamsii Coulter (Lophophora williamsii, mescal), Anhalonium Lewinii Hennings (Lophophora williamsii, mescal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | peyotl (peyote buttons, peyotl), seni (peyote buttons, peyotl), moon (peyote buttons, peyotl), mescal buttons (peyote buttons, peyotl), Lophophora williamsii, Lophophora lewinii, hikuli (peyote buttons, peyotl), hikori (peyote buttons, peyotl), Echinocactus lewinii, big chief (peyote buttons, peyotl), Anhalonium williamsii, Anhalonium lewinii. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Peyotl-Kaktus (Lophophora williamsii, mescal), Peyotl (big chief, buttons, cactus, Lophophora williamsii, mesc, mescal, mescal button, mescal buttons, mescaline buttons, peyote buttons, peyotl), Peyote-Kaktus (Lophophora williamsii, mescal), Peyote (big chief, buttons, cactus, mesc, mescal, mescal buttons, mescaline buttons, peyote buttons, peyotl), Mescal-Buttons (big chief, buttons, cactus, mesc, mescal, mescal buttons, mescaline buttons, peyote buttons, peyotl), Mescal Buttons (big chief, buttons, cactus, mesc, mescal, mescal buttons, mescaline buttons, peyote buttons, peyotl), Lophophora williamsii (Lophophora williamsii, mescal), Igelkaktus (mescal button), Echinocactus lewinii (Lophophora williamsii, mescal), Anhalonium lewinii (Lophophora williamsii, mescal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Lophophora williamsii (Lophophora williamsii, mescal), κάκτος πεγιότ (Lophophora williamsii, mescal), πεγιότ (big chief, buttons, cactus, mesc, mescal, mescal buttons, mescaline buttons, peyote buttons, peyotl), εχινόκακτος ο βιλλιαμσόνειος (mescal button). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | meskál, égetett agavébor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | peyotl (big chief, buttons, cactus, Lophophora williamsii, mesc, mescal, mescal buttons, mescaline buttons, peyote buttons, peyotl), peyoti (mescal button), peyote (big chief, buttons, cactus, Lophophora williamsii, mesc, mescal, mescal button, mescal buttons, mescaline buttons, peyote buttons, peyotl), lophophora williamsi (Lophophora williamsii, mescal), bottoni del mescal (big chief, buttons, cactus, mesc, mescal, mescal buttons, mescaline buttons, peyote buttons, peyotl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eyotepay peyote (big chief, buttons, cactus, mesc, mescal, mescal buttons, mescaline buttons, peyote buttons, peyotl), peiote (mescal button), equinocarpo (mescal button). (various references) кактус (cactus). (various references) peyote (big chief, buttons, cactus, Lophophora williamsii, mesc, mescal, mescal button, mescal buttons, mescaline buttons, peyote buttons, peyotl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Lophophora williamsii. (various references) |
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Words beginning with "peyote": peyotes. (additional references) | |
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"Peyote" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eyots, paeyote, paiute, paynote, Payot, payote, Paytoe, peayote, Pehoe, Peixoto, Pejot, Penybont, peote, peyotl, Peyto, Pixote, Pygope, Pygot, Pyot. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-o-p-t-y" | |
-1 letter: tepoy, topee. | |
-2 letters: poet, tope, tyee, type, typo. | |
-3 letters: eye, ope, opt, pee, pet, pot, pye, tee, toe, top, toy, tye, yep, yet. | |
-4 letters: et, oe, op, oy, pe, to, ye, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-o-p-t-y" | |
+1 letter: ecotype, eyespot, neotype, peyotes. | |
+2 letters: cerotype, ecotypes, eyepoint, eyespots, genotype, geophyte, neophyte, neotypes, polytene, serotype, teenybop. | |
+3 letters: cerotypes, endophyte, expletory, eyepoints, ferrotype, genotypes, geophytes, lectotype, mesophyte, neophytes, outyelped, phenotype, polyester, polythene, proselyte, pyrometer, repertory, serotypes, stenotype, telephony, typewrote, xerophyte. | |
+4 letters: competency, completely, copyedited, deployment, employment, endophytes, ferrotypes, hemoptyses, hepatocyte, hypocenter, hypotenuse, hypotheses, hypsometer, lectotypes, mesophytes, peremptory, phenotypes, polychaete, polyesters, polytenies, polythenes, preceptory, preemptory, prepotency, proselyted, proselytes, pycnometer, pyrometers, pyroxenite, redemptory, reportedly, stenotyped, stenotypes, stereotype, stereotypy, terpolymer, xerophytes. | |
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