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Meaning of peyotl | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

Non usuel de Lophophora williamsii petit cactus des déserts d’Amérique du Nord, contenant de la mescaline, utilisé rituellement par certaines tribus d’Indiens du Mexique et des États-Unis.

Equivalents

Français peyotl

Examples

“Jaensch, Havelock Ellis and Weir Mitchell began their experiments with mescalin, the active principle of peyotl.”
“Peyotl eating, as a tribal habit, is current at the present time and retains its substitutional characteristic as a replacement of the Christian sacrament.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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