huisache

hui·sache

H5332650 (wē-säch′, -sä′chĕ)n. A thorny shrub (Acacia farnesiana) of tropical and subtropical America, having clusters of small fragrant yellow flowers that yield an essential oil used in perfumery. Also called sweet acacia.

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[American Spanish, from Nahuatl huixachi, thorny, thorny tree : huitztli, thorn + ixachi, much, abundant.]

huisache

(wiːˈsɑːtʃɪ) n (Plants) a thorny shrub or small tree of tropical or sub-tropical America, Acacia farnesia var farnesia, with clusters of fragrant yellow flower heads used in perfumery. Also called: cassie, opopanax, popinac(k), sweet acacia or sponge tree

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huisache - tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumerymimosa bush, scented wattle, sweet acacia, sweet wattle, Acacia farnesiana, cassie, flame treegenus Acacia - large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosaacacia - any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia