MESCAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does mescal mean?
• MESCAL (noun)
The noun MESCAL has 2 senses:
1. a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons
2. a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant)
Familiarity information: MESCAL used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MESCAL (noun)
Meaning:
A small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Lophophora williamsii; mescal; mezcal; peyote
Hypernyms ("mescal" is a kind of...):
cactus (any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines)
Meronyms (parts of "mescal"):
magic mushroom; mescal button; sacred mushroom (the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin)
Holonyms ("mescal" is a member of...):
genus Lophophora; Lophophora (two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal)
Meaning:
A colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("mescal" is a kind of...):
booze; hard drink; hard liquor; John Barleycorn; liquor; spirits; strong drink (an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented)
Holonyms ("mescal" is a substance of...):
Agave atrovirens; maguey (Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal)
