n. 1. a. Any of various agave species. b. The hearts of agaves, cooked as food. 2. See peyote. 3. Mezcal. [Mexican Spanish mezcal, agave, mezcal; see MEZCAL. Sense 2, from the use by 19th century American traders and anthropologists of the word mescal, originally “agave,” to designate peyote.] |
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