huisache
noun
hui·sa·che wē-ˈsä-chē 
: a widely cultivated thorny shrubby acacia (Acacia farnesiana) of the southern U.S. and tropical America with fragrant ball-shaped yellow flowers
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web This includes even South Texas natives such as crepe myrtle, mesquite and huisache. 
Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 21 May 2021 Compared to anacua, huisache is a rougher example of cover provided by a single tree. Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 12 Dec. 2019 His home is about 20 miles from downtown Odessa, on an unmarked caliche road off of the Kermit Highway, amid nodding pump jacks and property covered with sage, mesquite and huisache trees. John Maccormack, ExpressNews.com, 2 Sep. 2019 Small trees: Mexican plum, brazil (condalia), vitex and huisache. Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 11 May 2018
Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 21 May 2021 Compared to anacua, huisache is a rougher example of cover provided by a single tree. Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 12 Dec. 2019 His home is about 20 miles from downtown Odessa, on an unmarked caliche road off of the Kermit Highway, amid nodding pump jacks and property covered with sage, mesquite and huisache trees. John Maccormack, ExpressNews.com, 2 Sep. 2019 Small trees: Mexican plum, brazil (condalia), vitex and huisache. Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 11 May 2018 Word History
Etymology
Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl huixachi, from huitzli thorn + ixachi a great amount, many
First Known Use
1838, in the meaning defined above
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