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mescal

noun
🔊/ˈmeskæl/, 🔊/meˈskæl/
🔊/ˈmeskæl/, 🔊/meˈskæl/
(also peyote)
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. a small, blue-green cactus that contains a powerful drug that affects people’s minds佩奥特掌（蓝绿色小仙人掌，具致幻作用）Topics Social issuesc2
    Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Spanish mezcal, from Nahuatl mexcalli.