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OPUNTIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Opuntia mean?
• OPUNTIA (noun)
The noun OPUNTIA has 1 sense:
1. large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears
Familiarity information: OPUNTIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Opuntia; Opuntia
Hypernyms ("Opuntia" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "Opuntia"):
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)
Holonyms ("Opuntia" is a member of...):
Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)
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