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NOPALEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nopalea mean?
• NOPALEA (noun)
The noun NOPALEA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers
Familiarity information: NOPALEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Nopalea; Nopalea
Hypernyms ("Nopalea" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "Nopalea"):
nopal (any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears)
Holonyms ("Nopalea" is a member of...):
Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)
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