popinac

English

popinac, Vachellia farnesiana

Etymology

Variant of opopanax, a shrub (Opopanax chironium).

Noun

popinac (plural popinacs)

1. Vachellia farnesiana (syn. Acacia farnesiana), a widely cultivated thorny shrubby acacia of the southern U.S. and tropical America with fragrant ball-shaped yellow flowers.

Synonyms

• (Vachellia farnesiana): sweet acacia, needle bush, huisache

Derived terms

• white popinac

 

References

• “popinac, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2006.
• Vachellia farnesiana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Vachellia farnesiana on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Vachellia farnesiana on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Vachellia farnesiana at USDA Plants database
• Acacia+farnesiana at The Plant List