huisache

American  

[wee-sah-chee] / wiˈsɑ tʃi /

noun

1. a tropical and subtropical New World shrub, Acacia farnesiana, of the legume family, having clusters of fragrant, deep-yellow flower heads.

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Etymology

Origin of huisache

1830–40, < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl huixachi, equivalent to hui ( tztli ) thorn + ( i ) xachi a large amount, many

Example Sentences

What he got were the ruins of an old house surrounded by mesquite, huisache and prickly pear on a gravel road less than a mile off state Highway 71.

From Washington Times • Dec. 4, 2016

She stooped to hide under the shade of a cluster of huisache trees, looking almost translucent.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Stretched before us in every direction, there were only miles of mesquite and huisache trees and tall brown grasses too dry and thin to feed to animals.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Most of the migrants want to stay on the grassy slope by the tracks where they catch outgoing trains, where they can hide in huisache or mesquite bushes if there is a migra raid.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Though La Llorona’s body was translucent, her eyes remained untouched—dark and luminous in the shadows of the huisache trees.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall