ALL meanings of mescal
mes·cal
M m - noun mescal an intoxicating beverage distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave. 1
- noun mescal any agave yielding this spirit. 1
- noun mescal Also called peyote. either of two species of spineless, dome-shaped cactus, Lophophora williamsii or L. diffusa, of Texas and northern Mexico, yielding the hallucinogen peyote. 1
- noun mescal An intoxicating liquor distilled from the sap of an agave. 1
- noun mescal a spineless globe-shaped cactus, Lophophora williamsii, of Mexico and the southwestern US. Its button-like tubercles (mescal buttons) contain mescaline and are chewed by certain Indian tribes for their hallucinogenic effects 0
- noun mescal a colourless alcoholic spirit distilled from the fermented juice of certain agave plants 0
- noun mescal a colorless alcoholic liquor of Mexico made from pulque or other fermented agave juice: it is lower in quality and rougher in taste than tequila 0
- noun mescal any plant from which this liquor is made 0
- noun mescal a small, spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) of N Mexico and the SW U.S., with rounded stems, whose buttonlike tops (mescal buttons) are chewed, specif., in religious ceremonies by Mexican Indians, for their hallucinogenic effects 0