peyote
英 [peɪ'əʊtɪ]
- n. 佩奥特掌（仙人掌的一种）
英英释义
- 1. a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons
- 2. the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons
中文词源
peyote 蓝绿色小仙人掌
来自墨西哥西班牙语peyote,来自墨西哥土著语peyotl,小仙人掌，其原义可能为发光的，耀眼的。
英文词源
- peyote (n.)
- "mescal cactus," 1849, from Mexican Spanish peyote, from Nahuatl (Aztecan) peyotl, said to mean "caterpillar;" the cactus so called from the downy button on top.
词态变化
复数: peyotes;