mescal — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A Mexican alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented juice of the agave.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   He thought: 900 pesos=100 bottles of whiskey=900 ditto tequila. argal: one should drink neither tequila nor whiskey but mescal.

2. The peyote cactus.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

Noun

1. a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons

   Synonyms

   mezcalpeyoteLophophora williamsii

   Broader terms

   cactus

2. a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant)

   Broader terms

   liquorspiritsboozehard drinkhard liquorJohn Barleycornstrong drink