mescal

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Definition of mescal in English Turkish dictionary

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mescal button

dikensiz kaktüsün uyuşturucu tepesi

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Definition of mescal in English English dictionary

The peyote cactus

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

{i} either of two types of cacti that are found in northern Mexico and Texas; alcoholic drink made from the fermented juice of an agave

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

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

a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant) a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons

A distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of agave

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mescal bean

A genus (Calia) of three or four species of shrubs or small trees in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to southwestern North America from western Texas to New Mexico and Arizona in the United States, and south through Chihuahua, Coahuila and Nuevo León in northern Mexico

mescal beans

plural form of mescal bean

mescal bean

shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans

mescal button

the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin

mescal button

The fresh or dried buttonlike tubercles of peyote, chewed as a drug by certain Native American peoples. Also called peyote

mescals

plural of mescal

Hyphenation

mes·cal

Etymology

[ me-'skal, m&- ] (noun.) 1702. American Spanish mezcal, mescal, from Nahuatl mexcalli mescal liquor.