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lechuguilla, n. U.S.|lɛtʃəˈgiː(j)ə|
Also lechugilla, lecheguilla, † letchugia. Pl. -guilla.
[a. Mexican Sp. lechuguilla: cf. Sp. lechuguilla wild lettuce, dim. of lechuga lettuce.]
A fibrous plant of the agave family, Agave lecheguilla, found in Mexico and the south-western United States, and used for various purposes including the extraction of istle from its leaves. Also, any of various similar plants of the same genus.
1834B. Lundy Jrnl. 3 Feb. in Life B. Lundy (1847) xiii. 96 The men set themselves to work, in making ropes out of ‘iste’ [sic], a kind of stuff much used in this country, for ropes and bagging. It consists of the fibres of a plant called ‘letchugia’. 1844J. Gregg Commerce Prairies II. iv. 78 One of the most useful plants to the people of El Paso is the lechuguilla, which abounds on the hills and mountain sides of that vicinity. 1893H. H. Bancroft Resources & Devel. Mexico v. 186 The lechuguilla grows in soil of fair quality. 1963O. Breland Animal Life & Lore i. 43 They [sc. peccaries] also consume lechuguilla, an undesirable range plant. 1966Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 3 Apr. (1970) 381 The desert was full of all kinds of cactus, Spanish dagger, agave, lechuguilla, so tall. 1972H. S. Gentry Agave Family in Sonora (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 105 The people called A. palmeri ‘lechuguilla’ and said it was collected for eating and for making mescal. It was much used for food, fiber, and beverage by the Indians. 1987D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. 14 A. lecheguilla Torrey (lecheguilla, tula ixtle, Texas & N Mex.). 1993C. McCarthy All Pretty Horses i. 61 They were down out of the mountains by midmorning and riding on a great plain..dotted with lechugilla. |