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PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does prickly pear cactus mean?

• PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS (noun)
The noun PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS has 1 sense:

1. cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock

Familiarity information: PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS used as a noun is very rare.

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• PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

prickly pear; prickly pear cactus

Hypernyms ("prickly pear cactus" is a kind of...):

cactus (any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines)

Meronyms (parts of "prickly pear cactus"):

prickly pear (round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prickly pear cactus"):

nopal; Opuntia lindheimeri (cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits)

Opuntia tuna; tuna (tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica)

Holonyms ("prickly pear cactus" is a member of...):

genus Opuntia; Opuntia (large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears)

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