'Mescal' definitions:
Definition of 'mescal'
From: WordNet
noun
A small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons [syn: mescal, mezcal, peyote, Lophophora williamsii]
noun
A colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant)
Definition of 'Mescal'
From: GCIDE
- Mescal \Mes*cal"\, n. [Sp.] A distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of agave. See Agave. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'mescal'
From: GCIDE
- Maguey \Mag"uey\, n. [Sp. maguey, Mexican maguei and metl.] (Bot.) Any of several species of Agave, such as the {century plant} (Agave Americana), a plant requiring many years to come to maturity and blossoming only once before dying; and the Agave atrovirens, a Mexican plant used especially for making pulque, the source of the colorless Mexican liquor mescal; and the cantala (Agave cantala), a Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine. See Agave. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
- 2. A hard fibre used in making coarse twine, derived from the Philippine Agave cantala (Agave cantala); also called cantala. [WordNet 1.5]