Mex"i*can (?), a.

Of or pertaining to Mexico or its people.

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n.

A native or inhabitant of Mexico.

Mexican poppy 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 Bot., an aromatic kind of pigweed from tropical America (Chenopodium ambrosioides).

 

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