biznaga

biznaga is feminine in Spanish.

toothpickweed, khella (Visnaga daucoides (syn. Ammi visnaga))

Inherited from Old Spanish, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic بِسْنَاج (bisnāj), بِسْتِنَاجَة (bistināja), بِشْتِْنَاجَة (bištināja), بِشْتِنَاقَة (bištināqa, “parsnip”), from Latin pastināca (“parsnip, carrot”).

biznaga is feminine in Spanish.

any of several species of small, prickly cacti, especially barrel cacti

Related: biznaga meloncillo

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl huitznahuac (“surrounded by thorns”), from huitztli (“thorn”) + nciuac (“near, around”). Influenced by biznaga (Etymology 1).