Definition of Orchillas

1. orchilla [n] - See also: orchilla

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orchillas

orchidomania
orchidometers
orchidopexies
orchidoptosis
orchids
orchiectomies
orchiepididymitis
orchil
orchilla
orchilla weed
orchilla weeds
orchillas (current term)
orchils
orchio-
orchiocele
orchiodynia
orchioncus
orchioneuralgia
orchiopathy
orchiopexies
orchioplasty
orchiorrhaphy
orchiotherapy
orchiotomy

Literary usage of Orchillas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South by West, Or, Winter in the Rocky Mountains and Spring in Mexico by Rose Georgina Kingsley (1874)
"store for the orchillas and the people engaged in picking it. Here we landed, and Mrs. E.,the Mexican wife of the American representative, made us welcome, ..."

2. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1910)
"... the principal localities being Sombrero, Navassa, Turk, St. Martin, Aruba, Curacao, orchillas, Arenas, Roncador, Swan, Cat or Guanahani, Redonda, ..."

3. Industrial Chemistry: A Manual for the Student and Manufacturer by Allen Rogers (1920)
"The deposits found on the islands of Sombrero, Navassa, Aruba, Curacoa, orchillas, Roncador, and the Pedro and Morant keys are similar to those found on the ..."

4. The Present Condition of Knowledge of the Geology of Texas by Robert Thomas Hill (1887)
"Among the principal localities are Sombrero, Navassa, Turk, St. Martin, Aruba, Curaçoa, orchillas, Arenas, Roncador, Swan, and Cat, or Guanahani Islands, ..."

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