a hallucinogenic drug containing mescaline that is derived from peyote buttons and used especially in the religious ceremonies of some American Indian peoples
small low spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) of the southwestern United States and Mexico having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles called also mescal
either of two species of spineless, dome-shaped cactus, Lophophora williamsii or L. diffusa, of Texas and northern Mexico, yielding the hallucinogen peyote
a cactus (a plant native to arid regions) [n PEYOTES]
one of the dried, buttonlike tops of a mescal of the genus Lophophora, used as a hallucinogen, esp. by certain Indians of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. during religious ceremonies; peyote
white, water-soluble, crystalline powder, C11H17NO3, obtained from mescal buttons, that produces hallucinations