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bisnaga

noun
bis·​na·​ga | \ biˈsnägə\
variants: or less commonly biznaga \ biˈsnägə \
plural -s

Definition of bisnaga

: any of several thorny cacti of the genera Ferocactus and Echinocactus (especially F. peninsulae of Lower California and adjacent regions)

History and Etymology for bisnaga

Spanish biznaga, probably by folk etymology (influence of biznaga parsnip, from Arabic bastīnāj, bashnāqah, from Latin pastinaca) from earlier vitznauac, from Nahuatl huitz-nahuac, literally, surrounded by thorns, from huitztli thorn + nahuac around

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