peyote button
noun
plural peyote buttons
: a dried disk-shaped top of the peyote cactus that contains psychoactive alkaloids (such as mescaline) and causes hallucinations when ingested
Peyote, a small cactus, has been used as a religious sacrament, or "medicine" as it is commonly called, for hundreds of years in Mesoamerica. The top is cut off and dried and is sometimes referred to as a peyote button. It may be chewed, made into a tea, or ground into granular form and, with the addition of water, ingested during peyote services.—
Thomas C. Maroukis
Thomas C. MaroukisA peyote button contains only approximately 45 mg of mescaline …—M. Foster Olive and D. J. Triggle
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The two thumbed fist stood for the Freak Power platform, the peyote button representing the wider drug counterculture.
—Rory Feehan, SPIN, 9 Nov. 2023
Tough to gather and cumbersome to traffic, peyote buttons fell out of favor as alternatives such as psilocybin mushrooms and LSD can be grown in home basements or synthesized in small labs, respectively.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2023
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Rory Feehan, SPIN, 9 Nov. 2023
Tough to gather and cumbersome to traffic, peyote buttons fell out of favor as alternatives such as psilocybin mushrooms and LSD can be grown in home basements or synthesized in small labs, respectively.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2023
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“Peyote button.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peyote%20button. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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