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peyote

/pey-oh-tee; Spanish pe-yaw-te/US // peɪˈoʊ ti; Spanish pɛˈyɔ tɛ //UK // (peɪˈəʊtɪ, pɪ-) //

佩奥特,佩奥特牌

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pe·yo·tes [pey-oh-teez; Spanish pe-yaw-tes]. /peɪˈoʊ tiz; Spanish pɛˈyɔ tɛs/.

    • : mescal.
    • : mescal button.
    • : mescaline.
    • : any of several cacti related to or resembling mescal.

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Examples

  • American psychedelics included peyote cactus, San Pedro cactus, morning-glory, Datura, Salvia, Anadenanthera, Ayahuasca, and over 20 species of psychoactive mushrooms.

  • For these individuals, the use of peyote was an essential element of the religious rituals of their Native American Church.

  • Shamans consume consciousness-altering chemicals such as peyote.

  • Their most sacred objects of religious veneration are the 'dalbehya, the Tame, the Gadmbitsohi, and the sei or peyote.

  • In the United States they are called mescal buttons, and in Mexico peyote.

  • Peyote, the dried fruit of a small cactus, the use of which was only known in the old days to a few of the Medicine Men.

  • He says he leads you into safety; I say he leads you into the worst danger any living man can imagine—even in peyote dreams!