popinac
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Variant of opopanax, a shrub (Opopanax chironium).
Noun[edit]
popinac (plural popinacs)
- Vachellia farnesiana (syn. Acacia farnesiana), a widely cultivated thorny shrubby acacia of the southern U.S. and tropical America with fragrant ball-shaped yellow flowers.
Synonyms[edit]
- (Vachellia farnesiana): sweet acacia, needle bush, huisache
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “popinac, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2006. 
Vachellia farnesiana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Vachellia farnesiana on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Vachellia farnesiana on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Vachellia farnesiana at USDA Plants database
- Acacia+farnesiana at The Plant List
