opuntia

Noun
  1. Large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears (synset 111871864)
    is a type of: caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
    member holonym:
    • 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
    belongs to: cactaceae, cactus family, family cactaceae - constituting the order Opuntiales
    same as: genus opuntia

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