pichi

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small hairy armadillo, Zaedyus pichiy, native to the dry grasslands and scrub of Argentina and Chile

   The pichi burrowed rapidly into the sandy Patagonian soil.

2. 2
   noun

   a South American evergreen shrub, Fabiana imbricata, with small tubular flowers and aromatic foliage

   The pichi shrub produced pale tubular flowers along its narrow branches.

The armadillo name comes from Mapudungun pichi, 'small,' fitting this relatively small Patagonian species. Pichi is also a regional name for the unrelated shrub Fabiana imbricata; the deeper history of that plant name is uncertain.

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