Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
visnaga .
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Examples
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The liquid the kid is squirting is water, and the tube is called a 'bisnaga'.
Boing Boing 2006
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Enormous barrel cacti (Ferocactus spp.) are still abundant in some areas, despite habitat loss and illegal collection for dulce de bisnaga (cactus candy) production.
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A maguey (agave) and a bisnaga (cactus) are two Durangan plants that are very symbolic of the Mexican flora.
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Enormous barrel cacti (Ferocactus spp.) are still abundant in some areas, despite habitat loss and illegal collection for dulce de bisnaga (cactus candy) production.
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The kid is squirting a “bisnaga” which was probably full of scented water, a typical 1820´s Brazilian carnaval prank.
Boing Boing 2006
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PATÊ CAVIAR - Ingredientes: Caviar preto ou vermelho ou pasta de caviar em bisnaga Requeijão ou maionese.
Sol, calor e outras sensações Artur 2005
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"It is the bisnaga, sometimes called the 'niggerhead,' belonging to the cactus family, a plant that is ever hailed with joy by the thirsty traveler."
Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Great American Desert Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower
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She was compounding drinks from mescal and bisnaga.
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A forest of giant saguaro rising from a painted desert far above the tangle of creosote-bush, mesquite, cholla, bisnaga, and scores of other strange growths of a land of strange attractions is a spectacle to stir the blood and to remember for a lifetime.
The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard 1903
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Another of picturesque appeal is the bisnaga or barrel cactus, of which there are many species of many sizes.
The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard 1903
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