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bisnaga
or biz·na·ga
[ bis-nah-guh ]
noun
- any of several thorny cactuses of the genera Echinocactus, Ferocactus, and Astrophytum of the southwestern U.S.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bisnaga1
1835–45, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish biznaga, (probably by association with biznaga parsnip) replacing earlier vitznauac < Nahuatl huitznāhuac, equivalent to huitz ( tli ) thorn + -nāhua- vicinity + -c ( o ) locative suffix
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Example Sentences
He was galloping along at a fair speed when he saw immediately in front of him a couple of bad patches of low bisnaga cactus.
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A welcome plant to the desert traveler is the bisnaga, or "well of the desert."
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Pearls big as bisnaga fruit an greeny-white like a high moon.
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Another of picturesque appeal is the bisnaga or barrel cactus, of which there are many species of many sizes.
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Here, too, they filled a bucket from the heart of a big Bisnaga cactus as a basis for their drink.
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