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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