1. mescal(n = noun.plant) lophophora williamsii, mezcal, peyote - a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons;
is a kind of cactus
has parts: magic mushroom, mescal button, sacred mushroom
is a member of genus lophophora, lophophora
2. mescal(n = noun.food) - a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant);
is a kind of booze, hard drink, hard liquor, john barleycorn, liquor, spirits, strong drink
A distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of agave. See Agave. [1913 Webster]
mescal, n.
1 a maguey. b liquor obtained from this.
2 a peyote cactus.
Idiom:
mescal buttons disc-shaped dried tops from the peyote cactus, eaten or chewed as an intoxicant.
Etymology:
Sp. mezcal f. Nahuatl mexcalli