bisnaga

From Spanish biznaga.

bisnaga (countable and uncountable, plural bisnagas)

1. A plant in the celery family (Visnaga daucoides, syn. Ammi visnaga) grown for its seeds, which have been used as an herbal medicine.

• khellin

• abasing, baaings, baigans

Borrowed from Spanish biznaga, from Andalusian Arabic بِسْنَاج (bisnāj), بِسْتِنَاجَة (bistināja), from Latin pastināca (“parsnip, carrot”). Doublet of pastanaga.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bizˈna.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bizˈna.ɣa]

bisnaga f (plural bisnagues)

1. toothpickweed (Visnaga daucoides)

• “bisnaga”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Spanish biznaga, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic بِسْنَاج (bisnāj), بِسْتِنَاجَة (bistināja), بِشْتِْنَاجَة (bištināja), بِشْتِنَاقَة (bištināqa, “parsnip”), from Latin pastināca (“parsnip, carrot”). Doublet of pastinaca.

• IPA^(key): /bizˈna.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Hyphenation: bi‧snà‧ga

bisnaga f (plural bisnaghe)

1. toothpickweed (Ammi visnaga)

• bisnaga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• bisnaca, visnaga (obsolete)

From Old Galician-Portuguese, borrowed from the same Andalusian Arabic source as Spanish biznaga (“toothpickweed”) passed from Latin pastināca (“parsnip”).

• Hyphenation: bis‧na‧ga

bisnaga f (plural bisnagas)

1. toothpickweed, khella (Visnaga daucoides syn. Ammi visnaga)
2. squirt gun
3. tube (often containing paste-like substances)

   Synonym: tubo

4. (Brazil) refers to some types of bread, especially French bread

   Synonym: cacete