chicalote

(ˌtʃiːkɑːˈləʊteɪ)

(Plants) a poppy, Argemone platyceras, of the southwestern US and Mexico with prickly leaves and white or yellow flowers

[from Spanish, from Nahuatl chicalotl]

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Our study was focused on Argemone ochroleuca Sweet (Papaveraceae), a plant that is native to Mexico and known locally as "chicalote," which is widely distributed from the southern United States across Mexico to Central and South America, the Caribbean, Australia (Heard & Segura 2012; Brahmachari et al.

Effects of ethanolic extracts of Argemone ochroleuca (Papaveraceae) on the food consumption and development of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Y esto lo hacian en forma de cuerpo humano solamente con semilla de bledos: con semilla de bledos de chicalote. Lo ponian sobre un armazon de varas y lo fijaban con espinas, le daba sus puntas para afirmarlo.

All in the family or, midcentury Mexican mythologies in Miguel Leon-Portilla's Vision de los vencidos

- PAPAVERACEAE Argemone ochroleuca Sweet Lechuga, chicalote PASSIFLORACEAE * Passiflora exsudam Zuce.

Plantas arvenses asociadas a cultivos de maiz de temporal en suelos salinos de la ribera del lago de Cuitzeo, Michoacan, Mexico

Desde el rancho El Chicalote, en Aguascalientes, el senor Cruz Olivares Sanchez, de la Sala de Lectura "El Cactus", nos cuenta:

Lectores y formacion de ciudadanias en Mexico. Observaciones sobre el Programa Nacional Salas de Lectura del Conaculta

Papaveraceae (chicalote or cardo santo), with some notable exceptions, the local Indian traditional healers reproduce similar uses from communities in Mexico and Ecuador where I have conducted ethnobotanical research.

Recent Progress in Medicinal Plants, Vol. I: Ethnomedicine and Pharmacognosy

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