Pulque

//ˈpʊl.keɪ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A milk-colored, somewhat viscous Mexican alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of certain agave plants. countable, uncountable

    "You went by the sour stink of pulque saloons; they gave you a water glass of cactus juice in there, two cents."

  2. 2
    fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey wordnet

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"You went by the sour stink of pulque saloons; they gave you a water glass of cactus juice in there, two cents."

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish pulque, possibly from Nahuatl.

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