opuntia

British  

/ ɒˈpʌnʃɪə /

noun

1. any cactus of the genus Opuntia, esp prickly pear, having fleshy branched stems and green, red, or yellow flowers

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Etymology

Origin of opuntia

C17: New Latin, from Latin Opuntia ( herba ) the Opuntian (plant), from Opus, ancient town of Locris, Greece

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opuntia

The event will include displays of many rare and unusual succulents, including aloe, echeveria, euphorbia, agave, opuntia, pachypodium and ferocactus.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2023

The fruit of the opuntia, or prickly-pear cactus, which the Apache call hush, is much used for food both in its fresh state and dried.

From The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis

The first was built in the lobe of a torch-thistle as thick as my leg; the second rested on a stalk of the opuntia, the Indian fig.

From Bramble-Bees and Others by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

From time to time he stopped to throw a stone at a bird or at a puffed-up black lizard darting among the opuntia cactus.

From The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan by Frances Douglas

The center of the State is occupied by intergrades between A. b. bilineata, opuntia, and grisea.

From Birds from Coahuila, Mexico by Emil K. Urban

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