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Definition of: peyote
(pā·ō′tē, Sp. pā·yō′tā) noun
A powerful intoxicant and narcotic drug obtained from the dried upper part of the mescal cactus found in Mexico and Texas. Also pe·yo′tl (-yōt′l). [<Am. Sp., the mescal cactus <Nahuatl peyotl, lit., a caterpillar; so called because of the down at its center]
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