NOUN | plant | prickly pear, prickly pear cactus | cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species |
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food | prickly pear | round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti |
Meaning | cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock. | |
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Synonym | prickly pear cactus | |
Member of | Opuntia, genus Opuntia | large genus of cactuses native to America |
Parts | prickly pear | round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti |
Narrower | nopal, Opuntia lindheimeri | cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits |
tuna, Opuntia tuna | Tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica | |
Broader | cactus | Any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines |
Spanish | tuna |
Meaning | round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti. | |
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Part of | prickly pear, prickly pear cactus | cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species |
Broader | edible fruit | edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh |
Spanish | higo chumbo, higo de pala, higo de tuna | |
Catalan | figa de moro |
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