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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
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)
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