Mescal

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  • noun. A Mexican liquor distilled from the fermented sap of certain agaves.
  • noun. A food prepared by cooking the large young flowering stalk of certain agaves.
  • noun. An agave, especially one used for producing food or beverages.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A strong intoxicating spirit distilled from pulque, the fermented juice of the Agave Americana of Mexico. Also mexcal, mezcal.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of agave. See agave.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A Mexican alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented juice of the agave.
  • noun. The peyote cactus.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons
  • noun. a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant)
  • Word Usage
    "Then again, I had to give up drinking altogether when I saw the worm in mescal; even though it was dead, it stared balefully at me."
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    mescaline  
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    agave