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mescal beans

mescal beans is the plural of mescal bean.

Meaning of mescal bean

Noun

mescal bean (plural mescal beans)

  1. The shrubs or small trees of genus Dermatophyllum of the pea family Fabaceae, native to southwestern North America from western Texas to Arizona in the United States and from Chihuahua to Nuevo León in Mexico, that bear toxic beans used in ordeal rituals by native peoples.
    Synonyms:
    Calia, hot bean

Questions about mescal beans

What is mescal beans the plural of?
Mescal beans is the plural of mescal bean.

Words near mescal beans in the dictionary

  1. mesaxonic
  2. mesaxons
  3. mesc
  4. mescal
  5. mescal bean
  6. mescal beans
  7. mescalbean
  8. mescalbeans
  9. Mescalero
  10. Mescaleros
  11. mescalin

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