lechuguilla
English
Etymology
From Spanish lechuguilla.
Noun
lechuguilla (countable and uncountable, plural lechuguillas)
- Agave lechuguilla, an agave species found only in the Chihuahuan Desert.
Spanish
Etymology
From lechuga (“lettuce”) + -illa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /let͡ʃuˈɡiʝa/ [le.t͡ʃuˈɣ̞i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /let͡ʃuˈɡiʎa/ [le.t͡ʃuˈɣ̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /let͡ʃuˈɡiʃa/ [le.t͡ʃuˈɣ̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /let͡ʃuˈɡiʒa/ [le.t͡ʃuˈɣ̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: le‧chu‧gui‧lla
Noun
lechuguilla f (plural lechuguillas)
- (botany) lechuguilla (a species of agave)
- (fashion) ruff, frill (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
- Synonym: gorguera
Further reading
- “lechuguilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- lechuguilla (indumentaria) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es