mes·cal 
(mĕs-kăl) also mez·cal (mĕz-kăl)
(mĕs-kăl) also mez·cal (mĕz-kăl)n.
1. See peyote.
2.
a. A Mexican liquor distilled from the fermented sap of certain agaves.
b. A food prepared by cooking the large young flowering stalk of certain agaves.
c. An agave, especially one used for producing food or beverages.
[American Spanish, from Nahuatl mexcalli, cooked agave : metl, me-, agave + ixca, to bake + -l-, passive suffix + -tli, unpossessed absolute singular noun suffix.]