| NOM | food | mescal | a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant) |
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| plant | mescal, lophophora williamsii, Lophophora williamsii, peiot | a small spineless globe-shaped cactus |
| Sentit | A colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant). | |
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| General | aiguardent, alcohol, beguda forta, esperit de vi, licor | An alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented |
| Substància de | maguei | Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal |
| Anglès | mescal | |
| Espanyol | mescal, mezcal | |
| Sentit | A small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons. | |
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| Sinònims | lophophora williamsii, Lophophora williamsii, peiot | |
| Membre de | genus lophophora, lophophora | Two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles |
| General | cactus | Any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines |
| Anglès | mescal, mezcal, peyote, Lophophora williamsii | |
| Espanyol | lophophora williamsii, mezcal, peyote | |
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