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Definitions for Mescal
[1] an intoxicating beverage distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave.
[2] any agave yielding this spirit.
[3] Also called peyote. either of two species of spineless, dome-shaped cactus, Lophophora williamsii or L. diffusa, of Texas and northern Mexico, yielding the hallucinogen peyote.
[4] Also called: peyote a spineless globe-shaped cactus, Lophophora williamsii, of Mexico and the southwestern US. Its button-like tubercles (mescal buttons ) contain mescaline and are chewed by certain Indian tribes for their hallucinogenic effects
[5] a colourless alcoholic spirit distilled from the fermented juice of certain agave plants
Words nearby Mescal
mesarteritis, mesatipellic, mesatipellic pelvis, mesaxon, mesc, mescal, mescal bean, mescal button, mescalero, mescaline, mesclun
Origin of Mescal
1695–1705, Americanism ; < Mexican Spanish mescal, mezcal, mexcal < Nahuatl mexcalli intoxicant distilled from agave (perhaps equivalent to me(tl ) maguey + (i)xcalli something cooked)
Word origin for Mescal
C19: from American Spanish, from Nahuatl mexcalli the liquor, from metl maguey + ixcalli stew