mescal

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. (countable, uncountable) A Mexican alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented juice of the agave.
2. (countable, uncountable) The peyote cactus.

Synonyme

mezcal

peyote

alcohol

Lophophora williamsii

Übersetzungen

mescal

peiot

peyotl

mezcal

mescal

mescal

peiote

alcohol

maguey

mescal

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Mexican Spanish mezcal, from Nahuatl or Classical Nahuatl mexcalli (“intoxicating drink made from fermented agave juice”), perhaps from metl (“maguey (agave)”) + ixcalli (“stew”).