huisache
Spanish
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl huixachin (literally “many thorns”), from huitztli (“thorn”) + ixachi (“a lot, great in quantity”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wiˈsat͡ʃe/
Noun
huisache m (plural huisaches)
- The needle bush or sweet acacia (Vachellia farnesiana), a thorny tree of the genus Vachellia, native to Mexico and Central America.
See also
Further reading
- “huisache” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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