tequila

(tə kē)

noun

  1. a strong alcoholic liquor of Mexico, distilled esp. from a mash made from the core of certain agaves
  2. a Mexican agave (Agave tequilana) that is a source of tequila and mescal

Origin: AmSp < Nahuatl Tuiquila, region in Mexico (orig. name of a tribe), where orig. produced

See tequila in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
An alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana.

Origin:

Origin: American Spanish

Origin: , after Tequila, a town of west-central Mexico

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