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bisnaga

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bis⋅na⋅ga

  [bis-nah-guh]
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–noun
any of several thorny cactuses of the genera Echinocactus, Ferocactus, and Astrophytum of the southwestern U.S.
Also, biznaga.

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; < MexSp biznaga, (prob. by assoc. with biznaga parsnip) r. earlier vitznauac < Nahuatl huitznāhuac, equiv. to huitz(tli) thorn + -nāhua- vicinity + -c(o) locative suffix
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