Defenition of the word prickly pear
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Defenition of the word prickly pear
- round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti
- cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock
Synonyms for the word prickly pear
Meronymys for the word prickly pear
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- genus Opuntia
- Opuntia
- prickly pear
- prickly pear cactus
Hyponyms for the word prickly pear
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- nopal
- Opuntia lindheimeri
- Opuntia tuna
- tuna
Hypernyms for the word prickly pear
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