mescal

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

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sinonimi

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peyote

alcohol

Lophophora williamsii

Traduzioni

mescal

peiot

peyotl

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peiote

alcohol

maguey

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Etimologia (Inglese)

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