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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 flowersplay

  Familiarity information: NOPALEA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NOPALEA (noun)


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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