Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun peyote
2 senses of peyote
Sense 1
mescal, mezcal, peyote, Lophophora williamsii -- (a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons)
=> cactus -- (any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines)
Sense 2
mescaline, peyote -- (the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons)
=> hallucinogen, hallucinogenic drug, psychedelic drug, psychodelic drug -- (a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences)