different between mescal vs peyote

English

Alternative forms

• mezcal
• mexcal (rare)

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish mezcal, from Nahuatl or Classical Nahuatl mexcalli (“intoxicating drink made from fermented agave juice”), perhaps from metl (“maguey (agave)”) + ixcalli (“stew”).

Noun

mescal (countable and uncountable, plural mescals)

1. A Mexican alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented juice of the agave.
2. The peyote cactus.

Derived terms

• mescaline

Translations

Anagrams

• Camels, Malecs, camels, macles, mascle, scamel

Portuguese

Noun

mescal m (plural mescais)

1. peyote; mescal (small, spineless cactus of Mexico and the southern United States)
2. mescal (Mexican alcoholic drink made from agave)

Synonyms

• peiote

English

Etymology

From Spanish peyote, from Classical Nahuatl peyotl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe??jo?ti/

Noun

peyote (plural peyotes)

1. A small, spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) found from southwest United States to central Mexico that produces buttonlike tubercles that can be chewed for its psychedelic effect, primarily from the drug mescaline.
2. A mescal button produced by the plant.

Synonyms

• (Lophophora williamsii): mescal

Translations

Further reading

• peyote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lophophora williamsii on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lophophora williamsii on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl peyotl.

Pronunciation

Noun

peyote m (plural peyotes)

1. peyote

Descendants

• ? English: peyote

Further reading

• “peyote” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.