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lechuguilla

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lech⋅u⋅guil⋅la

[lech-uh-gee-uh; Sp. le-choo-gee-yah]
–noun, plural -guil⋅las [-gee-uhz; Sp. -gee-yahs] .
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.

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; < Sp, dim. of lechuga lettuce
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