Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

huizache

English translation:

sweet acacia / huisache

Added to glossary by Cinnamon Nolan
Jan 25, 2007 20:42
17 yrs ago
Spanish term

huizache

Spanish to English Other Botany
Type of desert plant found in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico. Within a list in the text:

La vegetación dominante son los matorrales desérticos tanto rosetófilos como micrófilos. (mezquites, huizaches, gobernadoras, y hojasén entre otros).

There may be no translation; "mezquite" is the same.

Proposed translations

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sweet acacia

El nombre científico es: Acacia farnesiana

Y este es el enlace con el que pude encontrar los nombres científicos:

http://www.conafor.gob.mx/portal/index.php?s1=3&s2=3&s3=5

Espero que te ayude!
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huisache

I found it in Wordreference dicctionary:
huisache
A noun
1 huisache, cassie, mimosa bush, sweet wattle, sweet acacia, scented wattle, flame tree, Acacia farnesiana

tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery

Peer comment(s):

agree John Speese : I would just go with huisache, I've been to southern Texas where this shrub also grows and that's what everyone called it.
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