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Nopal

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opuntia lindheimeriOpuntia lindheimeri or Texas prickly pear is a species of cactus native to North America.

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opuntia lindheimeriOpuntia lindheimeri or Texas prickly pear is a species of cactus native to North America.
cactusnoun(botany) Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.
nopalerynoun(chiefly historical) A plantation of nopal (a prickly pear cactus of the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera) used as food for the cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus), which is raised to produce carmine dye.
nopalrynounAlternative spelling of nopalery. [(chiefly historical) A plantation of nopal (a prickly pear cactus of the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera) used as food for the cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus), which is raised to produce carmine dye.]
nopalesnoun(plural only) The leaves of a prickly pear cactus, as used in Mexican cooking.
cactus pearnounprickly pear (Opuntia spp.)
tunanounAny of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
prickly pear cactusnounAlternative form of prickly pear (“various plants of the genus Opuntia”). [Any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia.]
prickly pearnounThe fruit, often edible, of such a plant.
opuntianounOpuntia, a genus of cactus that includes such cacti as the prickly pear and xoconostle.
xoconostlenounThe acidic fruit of this cactus.
cactus fignounSynonym of prickly pear (“fruit, plant”) (Opuntia spp.)
bunny ears cactusnounOpuntia microdasys, a Mexican prickly pear cactus.
desert pearnounprickly pear
indian fignounOpuntia ficus-indica, a species of cactus also known as Indian fig opuntia.
opuntioidnounAny cactus of the subfamily Opuntioideae
tiger pearnounThe cactus Opuntia aurantiaca.
bunny ear cactusnounAlternative form of bunny ears cactus. [Opuntia microdasys, a Mexican prickly pear cactus.]
jointed cactusnounAny of species Opuntia aurantiaca of South American cactuses.
airamponounThe erect prickly pear Opuntia stricta.

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