HyperDic: genus_opuntia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Opuntia:
NOUNplantgenus Opuntia, Opuntialarge genus of cactuses native to America
English > genus Opuntia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears.
SynonymOpuntia
Member ofCactaceae, family Cactaceae, cactus familyconstituting the order Opuntiales
Memberscholla, Opuntia chollaarborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments
prickly pear, prickly pear cactuscacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species
Broadercaryophylloid dicot genusgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Spanishgenus opuntia, opuntia
Catalangenus opuntia, opuntia

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