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Spanish huisache

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huisache (plural huisaches)

  1. The needle bush or sweet acacia (Vachellia farnesiana), a thorny tree of the genus Vachellia, native to Mexico and Central America.

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huisache

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl huixachin (literally many thorns), from huitztli (thorn) + ixachi (a lot, great in quantity).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /w̝iˈsat͡ʃe/ [w̝iˈsa.t͡ʃe]
  • Rhymes: -atʃe
  • Syllabification: hui‧sa‧che

Noun edit

huisache m (plural huisaches)

  1. the needle bush or sweet acacia (Vachellia farnesiana), a thorny tree of the genus Vachellia, native to Mexico and Central America
  2. Any of various trees of the genus Havardia.

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