Definition of Las cruces

1. Noun. A town in southern New Mexico on the Rio Grande.

Generic synonyms: Town
Group relationships: Land Of Enchantment, New Mexico, Nm

Lexicographical Neighbors of Las Cruces

Larrea
Larrea tridentata
Larrey's amputation
Larrey's cleft
Larrey-Weil disease
Larry
Lars
Lars Onsager
Larus
Larus argentatus
Larus canus
Larus marinus
Larus ridibundus
Larvacea
Las Cruces
Las Vegas
Las Vegas algorithm
Lasa
Lascar
Lascaux
Lasegue
Lasegue's disease
Lasegue's sign
Lasegue's syndrome
Laserdisc
Laserdiscs
Lash's operation
Lashkar
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi

Literary usage of Las cruces

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

1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1895)
"las cruces, NM May 22nd, 1892. Many pupae found on black locust at Central ... las cruces, NM Found May 9th, in spring mattress of a bed, in some numbers. ..."

2. A Dictionary of American Authors by Oscar Fay Adams (1897)
"... of las cruces; The Land of the Sun ; A Woman of Fortune. Ap. Tiernan. Mrs. Mary Spear [Nicholas]. ..."

3. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1899)
"las cruces, at flowers of plum, April 1. ... Ashm. las cruces. E. cockerelli, Ashm. MS. Mesilla, July and Aug. 2. Type in US Nat'l Mus. ..."

4. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1889)
"The retrograde movement brought the ili- la l.atalla de las cruces* usual result to an undisciplined force, ..."

5. Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science, Kansas Academy of Science Meeting (1899)
"las cruces, at flowers of plum, April 1. ... Ashm. las cruces. R. cockerelli, Ashm. MS. Mesilla, July and Aug. 2. Type in US Nat'l Mus. ..."

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