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单词 mescal
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mescal /mes-kalˈ/

noun
  1. The peyote cactus, genus Lophophora, found in Mexico and the southwestern USA, the dried tubercles (mescal buttons) of which are chewed or drunk in infusion as an intoxicant
  2. An alcoholic spirit distilled from the fermented juice of the agave
ORIGIN: Sp mescal, mezcal, from Nahuatl mexcalli

mescalin or mescaline /mesˈkəl-in or -īn/ noun

The principal alkaloid (C11H17NO3) in mescal, producing hallucinations and schizophrenia

mescalˈism noun

  1. The habitual use of mescal as an intoxicant
  2. Peyotism

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