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mescal

Noun

mes=cal

WORDNET DICTIONARY

mescal(n = noun.plant) lophophora williamsii, mezcal, peyote - a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons; Array

is a kind of cactus

is a member of genus lophophora, lophophora

has parts: magic mushroom, mescal button, sacred mushroom

mescal(n = noun.food) Array - a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant); Array

mescal, n. [Sp.].

A distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of agave. See Agave. [1913 Webster]

mescal, n.
1 a maguey. b liquor obtained from this.
2 a peyote cactus.

Idiom

mescal buttons disc-shaped dried tops from the peyote cactus, eaten or chewed as an intoxicant.

Etymology

Sp. mezcal f. Nahuatl mexcalli

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