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pulque

/ˈpʊl.keɪ/

pulque noun: a milk-colored, somewhat viscous Mexican alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of certain agave plants.

pulque: a milk-colored, somewhat viscous Mexican alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of certain...
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Noun

pulque (countable and uncountable, plural pulques)

  1. A milk-colored, somewhat viscous Mexican alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of certain agave plants.
    • You went by the sour stink of pulque saloons; they gave you a water glass of cactus juice in there, two cents.1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, chapter 6, in On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC, part 4

Forms of pulque

pluralpulques

Origin of pulque

From Mexican Spanish pulque, possibly from Nahuatl.

Questions about pulque

What does pulque mean?
Pulque means a milk-colored, somewhat viscous Mexican alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of certain agave plants.
What part of speech is pulque?
Pulque is a noun.
How do you pronounce pulque?
Pulque is pronounced /ˈpʊl.keɪ/.
What is the plural of pulque?
The plural of pulque is pulques.

Words near pulque in the dictionary

  1. pulpwood
  2. pulpwoods
  3. pulpy
  4. pulpy kidney
  5. pulpy kidneys
  6. pulque
  7. pulqueria
  8. pulquerias
  9. pulques
  10. Pulrossie
  11. puls

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