lechuguillan.

/lɛtʃəˈɡiː(j)ə/

Forms: Also lechugilla, lecheguilla, †letchugia. Plural lechuguilla.

Etymology: < Mexican Spanish lechuguilla: compare Spanish lechuguilla wild lettuce, diminutive of lechuga lettuce.

U.S.

A fibrous plant of the agave family, Agave lecheguilla, found in Mexico and the south-western U.S., and used for various purposes including the extraction of istle from its leaves.

Also, any of various similar plants of the same genus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > other plants yielding fibre, etc.

withe1657

silk grass1753

restio1796

kurrajong1823

lechuguilla1834

kie-kie1847

munj1855

pua1858

sesban1860

settler's twine1898

1834 B. 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’.

1844 J. Gregg Commerce of 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.

1893 H. H. Bancroft Resources & Developm. Mexico v. 186 The lechuguilla grows in soil of fair quality.

1963 O. Breland Animal Life & Lore i. 43 They [sc. peccaries] also consume lechuguilla, an undesirable range plant.

1966 Mrs. 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.

1972 H. 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.

1987 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. 14 A. lecheguilla Torrey (lecheguilla, tula ixtle, Texas & N Mex.).

1993 C. McCarthy All Pretty Horses (U.K. ed.) i. 61 They were down out of the mountains by midmorning and riding on a great plain..dotted with lechugilla.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	lechuguilla
释义	lechuguillan. /lɛtʃəˈɡiː(j)ə/ Forms: Also lechugilla, lecheguilla, †letchugia. Plural lechuguilla. Etymology: < Mexican Spanish lechuguilla: compare Spanish lechuguilla wild lettuce, diminutive of lechuga lettuce. U.S. A fibrous plant of the agave family, Agave lecheguilla, found in Mexico and the south-western U.S., and used for various purposes including the extraction of istle from its leaves. Also, any of various similar plants of the same genus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > other plants yielding fibre, etc. withe1657 silk grass1753 restio1796 kurrajong1823 lechuguilla1834 kie-kie1847 munj1855 pua1858 sesban1860 settler's twine1898 1834 B. 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’. 1844 J. Gregg Commerce of 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. 1893 H. H. Bancroft Resources & Developm. Mexico v. 186 The lechuguilla grows in soil of fair quality. 1963 O. Breland Animal Life & Lore i. 43 They [sc. peccaries] also consume lechuguilla, an undesirable range plant. 1966 Mrs. 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. 1972 H. 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. 1987 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. 14 A. lecheguilla Torrey (lecheguilla, tula ixtle, Texas & N Mex.). 1993 C. McCarthy All Pretty Horses (U.K. ed.) i. 61 They were down out of the mountains by midmorning and riding on a great plain..dotted with lechugilla. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1834
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