Main Entry: hui·sa·che

Pronunciation: \wē-ˈsä-chē\

Function: noun

Etymology: Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl huixachi, from huitzli thorn + ixachi a great amount, many

Date: 1838

: a widely cultivated thorny shrubby acacia (Acacia farnesiana) of the southern United States and tropical America with fragrant ball-shaped yellow flowers