lechuguilla
English edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish lechuguilla.
Noun edit
lechuguilla (countable and uncountable, plural lechuguillas)
- Agave lechuguilla, an agave species found only in the Chihuahuan Desert.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From lechuga (“lettuce”) + -illa.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /let͡ʃuˈɡiʝa/ [le.t͡ʃuˈɣ̞i.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /let͡ʃuˈɡiʎa/ [le.t͡ʃuˈɣ̞i.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /let͡ʃuˈɡiʃa/ [le.t͡ʃuˈɣ̞i.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /let͡ʃuˈɡiʒa/ [le.t͡ʃuˈɣ̞i.ʒa]
- Syllabification: le‧chu‧gui‧lla
Noun edit
lechuguilla f (plural lechuguillas)
- (botany) lechuguilla (a species of agave)
- (fashion) ruff, frill (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
- Synonym: gorguera
Further reading edit
- “lechuguilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- lechuguilla (indumentaria) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es