huisache

Spanish

Alternative forms

• huizache (Mexico)

huisache

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl huixachin (literally “many thorns”), from huitztli (“thorn”) + ixachi (“a lot, great in quantity”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w̝iˈsat͡ʃe/ [w̝iˈsa.t͡ʃe]

Noun

huisache m (plural huisaches)

1. The needle bush or sweet acacia (Vachellia farnesiana), a thorny tree of the genus Vachellia, native to Mexico and Central America.

See also

• biznaga

Further reading

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