biznaga

English

Noun

biznaga (countable and uncountable, plural biznagas)

  1. Alternative form of bisnaga (“plant of celery family”)

Spanish
Visnaga daucoides

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /biθˈnaɡa/ [biθ̬ˈna.ɣ̞a]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /bisˈnaɡa/ [bizˈna.ɣ̞a]
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Syllabification: biz‧na‧ga

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic بِسْنَاج (bisnāj), بِسْتِنَاجَة (bistināja), بِشْتِْنَاجَة (bištināja), بِشْتِنَاقَة (bištināqa, “parsnip”), from Latin pastināca (“parsnip, carrot”).

Noun

biznaga f (plural biznagas)

  1. toothpickweed, khella (Visnaga daucoides (syn. Ammi visnaga))
Descendants
  • → Basque: bisnaga, biznaga
  • → Catalan: bisnaga, biçnaga (obsolete)
  • → Galician: bisnaga, biznaga, bizniega

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl huitznahuac (“surrounded by thorns”), from huitztli (“thorn”) + nciuac (“near, around”). Influenced by biznaga (Etymology 1).

Noun

biznaga f (plural biznagas)

  1. (Mexico) any of several species of small, prickly cacti, especially barrel cacti
Derived terms

References
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