(crop science) An irrigation ditch or canal.

a community operated waterway used in the American Southwest for irrigation

acequias were important forms of irrigation in the development of agriculture in the American Southwest. The proliferation of cotton, pecans and green chile as major agricultual staples owe their progress to the acequia system.

irrigation channels constructed during the period of Spanish Colonial Mission settlement. An extensive network of acequias irrigated the agricultural lands surrounding the San Antonio area missions, some of which are still in existence and operation. The U.S. National Park Service protects the mission acequias, which still provide water to some private land owners in the area.

an irrigation ditch; from the Arabic as-saquiya.

irrigation ditch acorn : bellota; glande; glà (Cat.) The acorn of the holm oak is the staple of that most Spanish of animals: the cerdo ibérico, which gives us jamón ibérico. Holm oak and similar acorns are also known as glandes. See: Acorns and rats in Castile. Islands of holm oak condemned

An Mexican irrigation canal.