Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented sap of the blue agave.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An intoxicating liquor made from the maguey in the district of Tequila, Mexico.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
alcoholic liquor distilled from thefermented juice of the CentralAmerican century plant Agave tequilana
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an agave plant
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I don’t mind tequila (especially good tequila; this was middle of the road tequila better than Cuervo, not as good as Don Julio) but I really prefer it to be slightly chilled, which this was not.
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Interest in tequila is growing, and along with a tequila drinking course complete with certificate, day tours out of Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta, and Guadalajara have become popular.
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Interest in tequila is growing, and along with a tequila drinking course complete with certificate, day tours out of Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta, and Guadalajara have become popular.
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Interest in tequila is growing, and along with a tequila drinking course complete with certificate, day tours out of Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta, and Guadalajara have become popular.
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Interest in tequila is growing, and along with a tequila drinking course complete with certificate, day tours out of Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta, and Guadalajara have become popular.
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The winner was Erika, who made what she called a tequila mousse and margarita bomb.
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According to the article you cite: While agave spirit and tequila are the same thing, the name "tequila" is protected under international trade laws.
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Really good blanco tequila is hard to find here and damned expensive if you do find it.
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The distillation of agaves to produce tequila is believed to date from the second half of the 16th century; the earliest substantiated written record dates from 1621.
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Really good blanco tequila is hard to find here and damned expensive if you do find it.
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