Mescal Definition
mĕs-kăl
noun
A colorless alcoholic liquor of Mexico made from pulque or other fermented agave juice: it is lower in quality and rougher in taste than tequila.
Webster's New World
Any plant from which this liquor is made.
Webster's New World
An agave, especially one used for producing food or beverages.
American Heritage
A small, spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) of N Mexico and the SW U.S., with rounded stems, whose buttonlike tops (mescal buttons) are chewed, specif., in religious ceremonies by Mexican Indians, for their hallucinogenic effects.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Mescal
Noun
Singular:
mescal
Plural:
mescalsOrigin of Mescal
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From Nahuatl or Classical Nahuatl mexcalli (“itoxicating drink made from fermented agave juice"), perhaps from metl (“maguey (agave)") + ixcalli (“stew").
From Wiktionary
American Spanish from Nahuatl mexcalli mescal liquor metl maguey plant perhaps ixca, xca to bake
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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