| NOMBRE | food | mezcal, 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 | mezcal, lophophora williamsii, peyote | a small spineless globe-shaped cactus |
| Sentido | A colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant). | |
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| Sinónimo | mescal | |
| General | aguardiente, alcohol, bebida fuerte, licor, trago | An alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented |
| Substancia de | maguey | Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal |
| Inglés | mescal | |
| Catalán | mescal | |
| Sentido | A small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons. | |
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| Sinónimos | lophophora williamsii, peyote | |
| Miembro de | genus lophophora, lophophora | Two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles |
| General | cactaceae, cacto, cactus | Any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines |
| Inglés | mescal, mezcal, peyote, Lophophora williamsii | |
| Catalán | lophophora williamsii, Lophophora williamsii, mescal, peiot | |
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