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Chapters 4 & 5 - Cuatro y Cinco

la yerba del manso  the plant of the lizard tail family; or, perhaps, a plant from Manzano.

arroyo  a gully.

oshá  a wild celery; a medicinal plant.

¡Mira! Qué suerte, tunas.  Look! What luck, prickly pears.

álamos  cottonwood trees, which bloom in late May and early June rather than in late summer.

manzanilla  common chamomile.

mollera  the membrane-covered separation between bone plates on the top of an infant's head.

chicos  dried corn, usually cooked with beans.

muy sabrosos  very tasty.

ristras  a string of something, usually of chile.

cabritos, cabroncitos  kids, small goats.


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