Lexicographical Neighbors of Bisnagas
Literary usage of Bisnagas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scientific Monthly by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"... others have a spreading underground system lying immediately beneath the surface.
Growing side by side, one may see large bisnagas or magnificent ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1915)
"... bisnagas and chollas, he is assuredly making a "big" start, at least, for
these include the giants of the family. A splendid specimen of the crab cactus ..."
3. Under the Sky in California by Charles Francis Saunders (1913)
"Of these latter the greenish-yellow flowers of the strange, cylindrical bisnagas
or barrel cactus, are examples. They form a circle upon the spiny top of ..."
4. Nature and Science on the Pacific Coast: A Guide-book for Scientific by Pacific Coast Committee (1915)
"DESERTS AND DESERT FLORA OF THE WEST flowering willow, and on the rocky mountain
slopes the curious bisnagas (Echinocactus cylindraceus), ..."
5. The Water-balance of Succulent Plants by Daniel Trembly MacDougal, E. S. Spalding (1910)
"... circumference represents an increase of 6 cm. in diameter, and since the
bisnagas shrink in all directions there was probably a similar gain in height. ..."
6. With the Flowers and Trees in California by Charles Francis Saunders (1914)
"Such primitive boilers were often found in old times about Indian camps where
bisnagas grew. The value of the various species of cactus to the animal life ..."
7. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1908)
"... cacti seem to be especially suited for arid conditions, yet many species occur
in moist tropical forests. Two massive forms of melon cacti or bisnagas, ..."
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