- (also mescal)[countable, uncountable]
a small, blue-green cactus that contains a powerful drug that affects people’s minds Topics Social issuesc2佩奥特掌(蓝绿色小仙人掌,具致幻作用) - [uncountable]
the drug that comes from this plant Topics Social issuesc2佩奥特碱(从佩奥特掌中提取的致幻剂)
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Latin American Spanish, from Nahuatl peyotl.