Peyote
Peyote - spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) indigenous to the SW U.S. and Mexico. Peyote produces a drug, also called peyote, whose active substance is mescaline, a nonaddictive hallucinogenic drug that produces visions and changes in perception, time sense, and mood. Peyote-eating rituals are important in the Native American Church.
- Source:
- The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia
by Columbia University Press