biznaga
Spanish, noun/biθˈnaɡa/
biznaga is spelled B-I-Z-N-A-G-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 119,889th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Biznaga is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “toothpickweed, khella (Visnaga daucoides (syn. Ammi visnaga))” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Visnaga daucoides o Ammi visnaga) Planta apiácea anual o bienal de hojas caulinares que abrazan al tallo y…”.
What does biznaga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetoothpickweed, khella (Visnaga daucoides (syn. Ammi visnaga))
noun
- 1
Mexicofeminineany of several species of small, prickly cacti, especially barrel cacti
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Visnaga daucoides o Ammi visnaga) Planta apiácea anual o bienal de hojas caulinares que abrazan al tallo y que están profundamente divididas formando segmentos que alcanzan el nervio central.
noun: 1. (Echinocactus) Planta cactácea con una roseta basal de cuerpo espinoso, de ella se obtiene el acitrón. Hay biznagas de distintas especies y de distintos tamaños.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of biznaga
- biznagas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce biznaga?
- /biθˈnaɡa/
- [biθ̬ˈna.ɣ̞a]
- /bisˈnaɡa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is biznaga in Spanish?
biznaga appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).