Lexic.us

Definition of Carrizo

1. Noun. Tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carrizo

Literary usage of Carrizo

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

1. Police Violence in Argentina: Torture and Police Killings in Buenos Aires by Bell Gale Chevigny, Paul Chevigny, Americas Watch Committee (U.S.) (1991)
"Alberto carrizo This case arose on August 23, 1986, in the neighborhood of ... Alberto carrizo, 21, had arrived home early in the morning after a night out ..."

2. Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico by John Russell Bartlett (1854)
"... appearance—carrizo creek—Increased barrenness— Intense heat—Mules run away—Skeletons and carcasses of animals— Immense destruction of sheep—Utter ..."

3. The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (southern California) Its Rivers and Its by George Wharton James (1906)
"... VALLEY AND BACK BY WARNER'S RANCH AND carrizo CREEK | T is a delicious afternoon in May as we leave our desert headquarters at Mecca. ..."

4. Special Publications by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1922)
"Eagle Pass-carrizo ... Dimmit County, in the corner of the fences, 6 meters east of the Eagle Pass-carrizo Springs road, and 3 meters north of time roim(l ..."

5. Report by United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geographic Board (1916)
"carrizo; Mountain, north of West carrizo Creek, Baca and Las Animus Counties, Colo. carrizo; Mountains, northeastern part Apache County, Ariz. ..."

6. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1903)
"31) is certainly that of the carrizo sands, which at other places rest upon various beds of the Lignitic or Midway. His work seems also to emphasize a fact ..."

7. Fauna of the Type Tejon: Its Relation to the Cowlitz Phase of the Tejon by Roy Ernest Dickerson (1915)
"But it is not often the surface rock, as it is usually covered by the Wilcox or carrizo. The Wilcox appears only in limited areas, having probably been ..."

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