bisnaga

From Spanish biznaga.

bisnaga (countable and uncountable, plural bisnagas)

1. A plant in the celery family (Visnaga daucoides, syn. Ammi visnaga) grown for its seeds, which have been used as an herbal medicine.

• khellin

• abasing, baaings, baigans

Borrowed from Spanish biznaga, from Andalusian Arabic بِسْنَاج (bisnāj), بِسْتِنَاجَة (bistināja), from Latin pastināca (“parsnip, carrot”). Doublet of pastanaga.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bizˈna.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [bizˈna.ɣa]

bisnaga f (plural bisnagues)

1. toothpickweed (Visnaga daucoides)

• “bisnaga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from Spanish biznaga, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic بِسْنَاج (bisnāj), بِسْتِنَاجَة (bistināja), بِشْتِْنَاجَة (bištināja), بِشْتِنَاقَة (bištināqa, “parsnip”), from Latin pastināca (“parsnip, carrot”). Doublet of pastinaca.

• IPA^(key): /biˈzna.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Hyphenation: bi‧snà‧ga

bisnaga f (plural bisnaghe)

1. toothpickweed (Ammi visnaga)

• bisnaga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• bisnaca, visnaga (obsolete)

From Old Galician-Portuguese, borrowed from the same Andalusian Arabic source as Spanish biznaga (“toothpickweed”) passed from Latin pastināca (“parsnip”).

• Hyphenation: bis‧na‧ga

bisnaga f (plural bisnagas)

1. toothpickweed, khella (Visnaga daucoides syn. Ammi visnaga)
2. squirt gun
3. tube (often containing paste-like substances)

   Synonym: tubo

4. (Brazil) refers to some types of bread, especially French bread

   Synonym: cacete