PRICKLY PEAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prickly pear mean? 

• PRICKLY PEAR (noun)
  The noun PRICKLY PEAR has 2 senses:

1. cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock

2. round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti

  Familiarity information: PRICKLY PEAR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRICKLY PEAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

prickly pear; prickly pear cactus

Hypernyms ("prickly pear" 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)

Meronyms (parts of "prickly pear"):

prickly pear (round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prickly pear"):

nopal; Opuntia lindheimeri (cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits)

Opuntia tuna; tuna (tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica)

Holonyms ("prickly pear" is a member of...):

genus Opuntia; Opuntia (large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("prickly pear" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("prickly pear" is a part 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)