| 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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