huisache

English

Etymology

From Spanish huisache.

Noun

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.

Spanish

huisache

Alternative forms

• huizache (Mexico)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

See also

• biznaga

Further reading

• “huisache”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16