First Known Use: 1838
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huisache
noun hui·sa·che \wē-ˈsä-chē\
Definition of HUISACHE
: a widely cultivated thorny shrubby acacia (Acacia farnesiana) of the southern United States and tropical America with fragrant ball-shaped yellow flowers
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Origin of HUISACHE
Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl huixachi, from huitzli thorn + ixachi a great amount, many
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