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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mes•cal (me skal′),USA pronunciation n. - Winean intoxicating beverage distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave.
- Plant Biologyany agave yielding this spirit.
- Plant BiologyAlso 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.
- Nahuatl mexcalli intoxicant distilled from agave (perh. equivalent. to me(tl) maguey + (i)xcalli something cooked)
- Mexican Spanish mescal, mezcal, mexcal
- 1695–1705, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mescal /mɛˈskæl/ n
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- a colourless alcoholic spirit distilled from the fermented juice of certain agave plants
Etymology: 19th Century: from American Spanish, from Nahuatl mexcalli the liquor, from metl maguey + ixcalli stew |