Mescal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See peyote.
  • n. A Mexican liquor distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave.
  • n. A food prepared by cooking the fleshy leaf base and trunk of certain agaves.
  • n. See maguey.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A Mexican alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented juice of the agave.
  • n. The peyote cactus.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of agave. See agave.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A strong intoxicating spirit distilled from pulque, the fermented juice of the Agave Americana of Mexico. Also mexcal, mezcal.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons
  • n. a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant)
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cactus    spirits    booze    strong drink    John Barleycorn    hard liquor    liquor    hard drink   
    Cross Reference
    mescaline   
    Variant
    agave   
    Same Context
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