Definitions for peyote

peyote pe·yo·te

Spelling: [pey-oh-tee; Spanish pe-yaw-te]
IPA: /peɪˈoʊ ti; Spanish pɛˈyɔ tɛ/

Peyote is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in peyote (eeopty).

Definitions for peyote

noun

  1. mescal (def 3).
  2. mescal button.
  3. mescaline.
  4. (in Mexico) any of several cacti related to or resembling mescal.

Origin of peyote

1840-50, Americanism; Mexican Spanish Nahuatl peyotl

Examples for peyote

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!

Shamans consume consciousness-altering chemicals such as 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.

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

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

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

Word Value for peyote
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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