Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The name of several species of Agave, especially of A. Lecheguilla, which yield a valuable fiber and a saponaceous substance of various forms called amole.

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Examples

  • The raw materials used to make textiles are divided into two groups: smooth fibers such as silk, cotton and wool, introduced to the American continent by the Conquistadors, and hard fibers native to Mexico such as ixtle, lechuguilla, tule, palm, twigs, reed, and willow.

    The artesanias of Michoacan - an introduction 2008

  • The raw materials used to make textiles are divided into two groups: smooth fibers such as silk, cotton and wool, introduced to the American continent by the Conquistadors, and hard fibers native to Mexico such as ixtle, lechuguilla, tule, palm, twigs, reed, and willow.

    The artesanias of Michoacan - an introduction 2008

  • The raw materials used to make textiles are divided into two groups: smooth fibers such as silk, cotton and wool, introduced to the American continent by the Conquistadors, and hard fibers native to Mexico such as ixtle, lechuguilla, tule, palm, twigs, reed, and willow.

    The artesanias of Michoacan - an introduction 2008

  • Other arid-land shrubs become more common: lotebush, lechuguilla, sotol, and redberry juniper.

    Ecoregions of Texas (EPA) 2009

  • Vegetation includes mostly desert shrubs, such as sotol, lechuguilla, yucca, ocotillo, lotebush, tarbush, and pricklypear, with a sparse intervening cover of black grama and other grasses.

    Ecoregions of Texas (EPA) 2009

  • The lechuguilla Agave lechuguilla is the commonest indicator of Chihuahuan conditions.

    Carlsbad Caverns National Park, United States 2009

  • Though creosote bush is the most abundant plant cover of the province, other species like lechuguilla are also abundant.

    Chihuahuan Semidesert Province (Bailey) 2009

  • Yucca, sotol, lechuguilla, ocotillo, and cacti now dominate the rocky slopes below 5500 feet.

    Ecoregions of Texas (EPA) 2009

  • Yucca, sotol, lechuguilla, ocotillo, and cacti now dominate the rocky slopes below 5500 feet.

    Ecoregions of New Mexico (EPA) 2009

  • Vegetation includes mostly desert shrubs, such as sotol, lechuguilla, yucca, ocotillo, lotebush, tarbush, and pricklypear, with a sparse intervening cover of black grama and other grasses.

    Ecoregions of New Mexico (EPA) 2009

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