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tasajillo

[tah-suh-hee-oh]

noun

plural

tasajillos 
  1. a bushy or treelike cactus, Opuntia leptocaulis, of the southwestern U.S., having slender, spiny branches, greenish-yellow flowers, and red berrylike fruit.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of tasajillo1

1890–95, < Mexican Spanish, diminutive of Spanish tasajo piece of meat

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