| mexicali | (n) a city in northwestern Mexico near the California border |
| mexican | (n) a native or inhabitant of Mexico |
| mexican | (adj) of or relating to Mexico or its inhabitants |
| mexican-american | (n) a Mexican (or person of Mexican descent) living in the United States, Syn. Mexicano |
| mexican bean beetle | (n) introduced into the United States from Mexico; feeds on the foliage of the bean plant, Syn. bean beetle, Epilachna varivestis |
| mexican cypress | (n) tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goa, Syn. Portuguese cypress, Cupressus lusitanica, cedar of Goa |
| mexican hairless | (n) any of an old breed of small nearly hairless dogs of Mexico |
| mexican hat | (n) coneflower with flower heads resembling a Mexican hat with a tall red-brown disk and drooping yellow or yellow and red-brown rays; grows in the great plains along base of Rocky Mountains, Syn. Ratibida columnaris |
| mexican hyssop | (n) erect perennial of Mexico having rose to crimson flowers, Syn. Agastache mexicana |
| mexican juniper | (n) small tree of western Texas and mountains of Mexico having spreading branches with drooping branchlets, Syn. drooping juniper, Juniperus flaccida |
| Mexical | ‖/mhw>, n. [ Sp. mexcal. ] See Mescal. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Mexal |
| Mexican | prop. a. Of or pertaining to Mexico or its people. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Mexico. [ 1913 Webster ]
Mexican poppy prop. n. (Bot.), a tropical American herb of the Poppy family (Argemone Mexicana) with much the look of a thistle, but having large yellow or white blossoms. --
Mexican tea prop. n. (Bot.), an aromatic kind of pigweed from tropical America (Chenopodium ambrosioides). [ 1913 Webster ]
|
| Mexicanize | prop. v. t. To cause to be like the Mexicans, or their country. At one time this word referred to frequent revolutions of government, considered characteristic of Mexican politics. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ] |
| Mexicanize | prop. v. i. To become like the Mexicans, or their country or government. [ 1913 Webster ] |
