Definitions for bisnaga

bisnaga bis·na·ga

Spelling: [bis-nah-guh]
IPA: /bɪsˈnɑ gə/

Bisnaga is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 152 anagrams from letters in bisnaga (aabgins).

Definitions for bisnaga

noun

  1. any of several thorny cactuses of the genera Echinocactus, Ferocactus, and Astrophytum of the southwestern U.S.

Origin of bisnaga

1835-45, Americanism; Mexican Spanish biznaga, (probably by association with biznaga parsnip) replacing earlier vitznauac Nahuatl huitznāhuac, equivalent to huitz(tli) thorn + -nāhua- vicinit

Examples for bisnaga

A welcome plant to the desert traveler is the bisnaga, or "well of the desert."

Another of picturesque appeal is the bisnaga or barrel cactus, of which there are many species of many sizes.

Pearls big as bisnaga fruit an greeny-white like a high moon.

Word Value for bisnaga
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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