Prickly Pear

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Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) with red fruits.

Opuntia littoralis

Synonyms:
Opuntia, Nopal
Related Terms:
Categories: Andean Ancestral Medicine, Food, Medicinal Plant, Oil, Powder, Tea, Tincture
Prickly Pear (Wiktionary)

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpɹɪkli ˈpɛː/

Noun

prickly pear (plural prickly pears)

  1. Any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia.
  2. The fruit, often edible, of such a plant.

Synonyms

  • Indian fig
  • cactus pear
  • desert pear

Translations

Further reading

  • prickly pear on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Opuntia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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