| NOUN | plant | Opuntia, genus Opuntia | large genus of cactuses native to America |
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| Meaning | large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears. | |
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| Synonym | genus Opuntia | |
| Member of | Cactaceae, family Cactaceae, cactus family | constituting the order Opuntiales |
| Members | cholla, Opuntia cholla | arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments |
| prickly pear, prickly pear cactus | cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species | |
| Broader | caryophylloid dicot genus | genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers |
| Spanish | genus opuntia, opuntia | |
| Catalan | genus opuntia, opuntia | |
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