prickly pear cactus
Noun
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Cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species;
Often used as food for stock (synset 111872047)is a type of: cactus - any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spinessubtypes:- nopal, opuntia lindheimeri - cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits
- opuntia tuna, tuna - tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica
belongs to: genus opuntia, opuntia - large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pearshas: prickly pear - round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cactisame as: prickly pear
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