mescal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons
    peyote; Lophophora williamsii; mezcal.
  2. noun a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant)

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Mes*cal" noun
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  1. A distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of agave. See Agave.

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