mescal
nounUK /ˈmɛskæl/
US /mɛˈskæl/
A strong drink made from a desert plant called agave.
The farmer poured a small glass of mescal after dinner.
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2. A type of agave plant found in Mexico and the southwestern United States.
The mescal grew on the dry hillside.
3. A small cactus-like plant with a button-shaped top, sometimes chewed for its effects.
Some people call the peyote cactus mescal.
4. A strong alcoholic drink made by distilling the fermented juice of the agave plant.
He brought back a bottle of mescal from his trip to Oaxaca.