Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A thorny shrub (Acacia farnesiana) of tropical and subtropical America, having clusters of small fragrant yellow flowers that yield an essential oil used in perfumery.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Texas, the opopanax, Acacia Farnesiana.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One only has to say, "I'm hoping to put 'huisache' there as soon as I secure a second H," and someone will donate it.
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When I first came to Texhuixtla, I thought the name meant "small town without a traffic light," but then I was told it means "where the huisache tree abounds."
On being a gringo in Mexico: From Colonel to Cuernavaca 2008
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It'll be bush - wacking to the top but there is no huisache with awful spines.
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It'll be bush - wacking to the top but there is no huisache with awful spines.
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When I first came to Texhuixtla, I thought the name meant "small town without a traffic light," but then I was told it means "where the huisache tree abounds."
On being a gringo in Mexico: From Colonel to Cuernavaca 2008
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Occasional shrublands consisting of mesquite (Prosposis glandulosa), huisache (Acacia farnesiana), lime prickly ash (Zanthoxylum fagara), and Texas persimmon (Diospyros texana) may be found in the lower one third of the Texas coast and into Tamaulipas.
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Invasive species such as honey mesquite and huisache are a concern.
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Brushy species from adjacent dry uplands occur at the margins, such as honey mesquite, huisache, blackbrush, and lotebush, with some grasses such as multiflowered false rhodesgrass, sacaton, cottontop, and plains bristlegrass.
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Mexico has always remained embedded in my soul like a huisache thorn.
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Mexico has always remained embedded in my soul like a huisache thorn.
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