NOPAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nopal mean? 

• NOPAL (noun)
  The noun NOPAL has 2 senses:

1. cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits

2. any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears

  Familiarity information: NOPAL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOPAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

nopal; Opuntia lindheimeri

Hypernyms ("nopal" is a kind of...):

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("nopal" is a kind of...):

cactus (any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines)

Holonyms ("nopal" is a member of...):

genus Nopalea; Nopalea (a genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers)