peyote vs cactus

peyote and cactus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
peyote	Yes	No	No	No
cactus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cactus is a hypernym of peyote; that is, cactus is a word with a broader meaning than peyote:

peyote: a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons
cactus: any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines

peyote (noun)	cactus (noun)
the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons	any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines
a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons