bisnaga in British English
(bɪsˈnɑːɡə)
noun
a large barrel-shaped cactus found in SW USA and NW Mexico
bisnaga in American English
(bɪsˈnɑːɡə)
noun
any of several thorny cactuses of the genera Echinocactus, Ferocactus, and Astrophytum of the southwestern U.S.
Also: biznaga Word origin
[1835–45, Amer.; ‹ MexSp biznaga, (prob. by assoc. with biznaga parsnip) r. earlier vitznauac ‹ Nahuatl huitznāhuac, equiv. to huitz(tli) thorn + -nāhua- vicinity + -c(o) locative suffix]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: basic, crosshead, hot plate, hybridize, serialImage ofbisnaga
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