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
A peyote button contains only approximately 45 mg of mescaline …—M. Foster Olive and D. J. Triggle
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