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mescal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mescal has 2 senses
- mescal(n = noun.plant) lophophora williamsii, mezcal, peyote - a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons; Array is a kind of cactus
- 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 is a kind of booze, hard drink, hard liquor, john barleycorn, liquor, spirits, strong drink
is a member of genus lophophora, lophophora
has parts: magic mushroom, mescal button, sacred mushroom
CIDE DICTIONARY
mescal, n. [Sp.].
A distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of agave. See Agave. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mescal, n.
1 a maguey. b liquor obtained from this.
2 a peyote cactus.
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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