Definition of Chico

1. Noun. United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1891-1961).

Exact synonyms: Leonard Marx, Marx
Group relationships: Marx Brothers
Generic synonyms: Comedian, Comic

Definition of Chico

1. n. Var. of Chica.

Definition of Chico

1. a prickly shrub [n -COS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chico

Chicanas
Chicanismo
Chicano
Chicanos
Chichemec
Chichemecs
Chichevache
Chichewa
Chick-Martin test
Chick tracts
Chickamauga
Chickasaw
Chicken Licken
Chicken Little
Chico
Chicom
Chicoms
Chief Constable
Chief Executive
Chief Joseph
Chief Justice
Chief Secretary
Chief of Party
Chieti
Chievitz' layer
Chievitz' organ
Chihalis
Chihuahua
Chihuahuan spotted whiptail

Literary usage of Chico

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

1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1905)
"The succession of disturbances inaugurating the chico was here so little felt as to allow pre-existing species to survive locally. ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1879)
"Discovery of the Sources of the chico in Southern Patagonia. By DON RAMON LISTA. After a summary of the chief physical characteristics of Patagonia and its ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"The Position of the chico-Tejon Beds.—Since the discovery of the chico-Tejon series of marine beds on the Pacific coast by Conrad, ..."

4. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1907)
"You undoubtedly all are aware that at chico, in this State, is located what is known as the Plant Introduction Garden of the US Department of Agriculture, ..."

5. Crofutt's New Overland Tourist, and Pacific Coast Guide ...: Over the Union by George A. Crofutt (1880)
"Continuing on 6.1 miles, and we stop at the beautiful town of chico—It is 43 miles from Marysville. 25 miles northwest from Oroville, and five miles east of ..."

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