opuntia
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of opuntia
C17: New Latin, from Latin Opuntia ( herba ) the Opuntian (plant), from Opus, ancient town of Locris, Greece
Example Sentences
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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 cochineal is imported from Spain, although the opuntia, or the tree that nourishes the cochineal-fly, abounds in many of the provinces of West Barbary, particularly in the province of Suse.
From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by Jackson, James Grey
The center of the State is occupied by intergrades between A. b. bilineata, opuntia, and grisea.
From Birds from Coahuila, Mexico by Urban, Emil K.
It was not yet in blossom, and I cannot say whether it is the plant taken, by Nuttall, for Cactus opuntia; probably it is Cactus ferox.
From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp
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 Douglas, Frances
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