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opuntia

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

opuntia(n = noun.plant) genus opuntia - large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears; Array

is a kind of caryophylloid dicot genus

is a member of cactaceae, cactus family, family cactaceae

opuntia, prop. n. [NL.].

A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig. [1913 Webster]

opuntia, n. any cactus of the genus Opuntia, with jointed cylindrical or elliptical stems and barbed bristles. Also called prickly pear.

Etymology

L plant-name f. Opus -untis in Locris in ancient Greece

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