/ peɪˈəʊti; NAmE -ˈoʊ-/ noun
1.
(also mes·cal ) [ C , U ] a small, blue-green cactus that contains a powerful drug that affects people's minds
2.
[ U ] the drug that comes from this plant
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent.: from Latin American Spanish , from Nahuatl peyotl .