mes·cal (m s-k l ) also mez·cal (mz-kl)n. 1. See peyote. 2. a. A Mexican liquor distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave. b. A food prepared by cooking the fleshy leaf base and trunk of certain agaves. 3. See maguey. [American Spanish, from Nahuatl mexcalli, mescal liquor : metl, maguey plant + perhaps ixca, xca, to bake.] |
mescal [mess-kal]
Noun
1. a globe-shaped cactus without spine found in Mexico and the southwestern US
2. a Mexican alcoholic spirit similar to tequila [Mexican Indian mexcalli]
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| Noun | 1. |  mescal - a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttonscactus - any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines genus Lophophora, Lophophora - two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal magic mushroom, mescal button, sacred mushroom - the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin |
| 2. | mescal - a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant) booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, liquor, spirits, strong drink - an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented Agave atrovirens, maguey - Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal |
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