different between mescaline vs peyote

English

Alternative forms

• mescalin

Etymology

From mescal (“peyote”) +? -ine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?s.k?l.?n/, /?m?s.k?.li?n/

Noun

mescaline (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) A hallucinogenic and intoxicating compound present in the peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii), the San Pedro cactus (Echinopsis pachanoi), and the Peruvian torch (Echinopsis peruviana).

Translations

References

• mescaline at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “mescaline”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “mescaline”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• camelines

French

Noun

mescaline f (uncountable)

1. mescaline

Further reading

• “mescaline” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Spanish peyote, from Classical Nahuatl peyotl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe??jo?ti/

Noun

peyote (plural peyotes)

1. A small, spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) found from southwest United States to central Mexico that produces buttonlike tubercles that can be chewed for its psychedelic effect, primarily from the drug mescaline.
2. A mescal button produced by the plant.

Synonyms

• (Lophophora williamsii): mescal

Translations

Further reading

• peyote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lophophora williamsii on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lophophora williamsii on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl peyotl.

Pronunciation

Noun

peyote m (plural peyotes)

1. peyote

Descendants

• ? English: peyote

Further reading

• “peyote” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.