Definitions for bisnagas

bisnagas bis·na·ga

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

Bisnagas is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 185 anagrams from letters in bisnagas (aabginss).

Definitions for bisnagas

noun

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

Origin of bisnagas

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 bisnagas

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.

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

Word Value for bisnagas
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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