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P0655500 (po͞ol′kā′, -kē, po͝ol′-)n. A thick fermented alcoholic beverage made in Mexico from various species of agave.

[American Spanish, from Nahuatl (octli) poliuhqui, spoiled (pulque) : poliuh-, to perish, become spoiled + -qui, agent noun suff. (the Nahuatl designation of spoiled pulque probably being misunderstood by Spanish speakers as the word for all pulque because the drink spoils quickly).]

pulque

(ˈpʊlkɪ; Spanish ˈpulke) n (Brewing) a light alcoholic drink from Mexico made from the juice of various agave plants, esp the maguey[C17: from Mexican Spanish, apparently from Nahuatl, from puliuhqui decomposed, since it will only keep for a day]

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n. a fermented milky drink made from the juice of certain species of agave in Mexico. [1685–95; < Mexican Spanish; ulterior orig. uncertain]

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pulque - fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the magueyalcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant - a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him"Agave atrovirens, maguey - Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal

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[′pül‚kā] (food engineering) The sap of the agave plant after natural fermentation, it is distilled to make tequila.

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a popular drink in Mexico made from the sweet juice of various magueys (Agave salmiana, A. atrovirens, and other species). A flower shoot is cut before flowering, and the juice is taken from the cut. Between 4 and 7 liters are produced daily for three months. The juice ferments rapidly to form pulque, which has an alcoholic content of 4–8 percent. The Aztecs of antiquity used the drink in religious ceremonies.

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noun fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey

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