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mescal
CIDE DICTIONARY
mescal, n. [Sp.].
A distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of agave. See Agave. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mescal, n.
1 a maguey. b liquor obtained from this.
2 a peyote cactus.
1 a maguey. b liquor obtained from this.
2 a peyote cactus.
Idiom
mescal buttons disc-shaped dried tops from the peyote cactus, eaten or chewed as an intoxicant.
Etymology
Sp. mezcal f. Nahuatl mexcalli
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