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PULQUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pulque mean? 

PULQUE (noun)
  The noun PULQUE has 1 sense:

1. fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the magueyplay

  Familiarity information: PULQUE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PULQUE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("pulque" is a kind of...):

alcohol; alcoholic beverage; alcoholic drink; inebriant; intoxicant (a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent)

Holonyms ("pulque" is a substance of...):

Agave atrovirens; maguey (Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal)


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