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PULQUE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pulque mean?
• PULQUE (noun)
The noun PULQUE has 1 sense:
1. fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey
Familiarity information: PULQUE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("pulque" is a kind of...):
alcohol; alcoholic beverage; alcoholic drink; inebriant; intoxicant (a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent)
Holonyms ("pulque" is a substance of...):
Agave atrovirens; maguey (Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal)
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