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MEZCAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mezcal mean?
• MEZCAL (noun)
The noun MEZCAL has 1 sense:
1. a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons
Familiarity information: MEZCAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Lophophora williamsii; mescal; mezcal; peyote
Hypernyms ("mezcal" is a kind of...):
cactus (any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines)
Meronyms (parts of "mezcal"):
magic mushroom; mescal button; sacred mushroom (the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin)
Holonyms ("mezcal" is a member of...):
genus Lophophora; Lophophora (two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal)
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