mezcal

mez·cal  (mz-kl)

n.

Variant of mescal.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mezcal - a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons Lophophora williamsii, mescal, peyote cactus - 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