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opuntia

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o·pun·ti·a  (-pnsh-, -sh)
n.
Any of various cacti of the genus Opuntia, especially the prickly pear.

[Latin (herba) Opntia, Opuntian (herb), feminine of Opntius, of Opus, an ancient town of east-central Greece, from Ops, Opnt-, Opus, from Greek Opous, Opount-.]

opuntia [ɒˈpʌnʃɪə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any cactus of the genus Opuntia, esp prickly pear, having fleshy branched stems and green, red, or yellow flowers
[New Latin, from Latin Opuntia (herba) the Opuntian (plant), from Opus, ancient town of Locris, Greece]
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Noun1.opuntiaOpuntia - large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears
caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Cactaceae, cactus family, family Cactaceae - constituting the order Opuntiales
prickly pear, prickly pear cactus - cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock
cholla, Opuntia cholla - arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico


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[9] I found here a species of cactus, described by Professor Henslow, under the name of Opuntia Darwinii (Magazine of Zoology and Botany, vol.
 
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