huisache

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish huisache. === Pronunciation === === Noun === huisache (plural huisaches) The needle bush or sweet acacia (Vachellia farnesiana), a thorny tree of the genus Vachellia, native to Mexico and Central America. == Spanish == === 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) the needle bush or sweet acacia (Vachellia farnesiana), a thorny tree of the genus Vachellia, native to Mexico and Central America 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), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025