lechuguilla

American  

[lech-uh-gee-uh, le-choo-gee-yah] / ˌlɛtʃ əˈgi ə, ˌlɛ tʃuˈgi yɑ /

noun

plural

lechuguillas

1. a semidesert plant, Agave lecheguilla, of Mexico, having a basal rosette of sharply pointed leaves and a very tall flower spike, grown as an ornamental.

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Etymology

Origin of lechuguilla

1835–45, < Spanish, diminutive of lechuga lettuce

Example Sentences

At Palmillas, individuals were trapped in an area of mesquite, other bushes and "lechuguilla."

From The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico by Alvarez, Ticul

My wounds, though deep, were not dangerous; they were only flesh-wounds, and closed rapidly under the cauterising influence of the lechuguilla.

From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne

This arrow, as well as the game itself, is called in Mexican Spanish lechuguilla.

From Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan by Lumholtz, Carl