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English:Dutchman's Breeches (a flowering plant)
Lenape:pëlëchitëta
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Comments

That is literally Little pants. It comes from pëlëchis = pants + the diminutive + a plural ending. The word pëlëchis is probably borrowed from the English word 'britches.'