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6 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons
noun a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant)
originFrom Mexican Spanish mezcal, from Nahuatl or Classical Nahuatl mexcalli (“intoxicating drink made from fermented agave juice”), perhaps from metl (“maguey (agave)”) + ixcalli (“stew”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0