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bisnaga

or ²ú¾±³ú·²Ô²¹Â·²µ²¹

[ bis-nah-guh ]

noun

  1. any of several thorny cactuses of the genera Echinocactus, Ferocactus, and Astrophytum of the southwestern U.S.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bisnaga1

1835–45, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish biznaga, (probably by association with biznaga parsnip) replacing earlier vitznauac < Nahuatl ³ó³Ü¾±³Ù³ú²ÔÄå³ó³Ü²¹³¦, equivalent to huitz ( tli ) thorn + -²ÔÄå³ó³Ü²¹- vicinity + -c ( o ) locative suffix
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Example Sentences

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The venaga cactus is similar to the bisnaga, found in other parts of Mexico, except in the disposition and curvature of the thorns.

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Another of picturesque appeal is the bisnaga or barrel cactus, of which there are many species of many sizes.

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A forest of giant saguaro rising from a painted desert far above the tangle of creosote-bush, mesquite, cholla, bisnaga, and scores of other strange growths of a land of strange attractions is a spectacle to stir the blood and to remember for a lifetime.

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They trade but few diamonds, for the fine ones come from Bisnaga and Decan, and are taken to the fair of Lispor, between Goa and Cambaya; and since the Dutch do not go thither, they have no share in them, but they get some at the fair in Sumatra.

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A good example of this is furnished in Eastern Yndia, where the apostle St. Thomas converted innumerable souls in the kingdom of Bisnaga, Cuylan, Cochin, and Caratuete.

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