Opuntia

For the Canadian fanzine, see Opuntia (fanzine). Opuntia is a genus in the cactus family, Cactaceae.Currently, only prickly pears (also known as nopal or nopales; see below) are included in this genus of about 250 species distributed throughout most of the Americas. Chollas are now separated in the genus Cylindropuntia, which some still consider a subgenus of Opuntia. Austrocylindropuntia, Corynopuntia and Micropuntia are also often included in the present genus, but like Cylindropuntia they seem rather well distinct. Brasiliopuntia and Miqueliopuntia are closer relatives of Opuntia.
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Noun
1. large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears
(synonym) genus Opuntia
(hypernym) caryophylloid dicot genus
(member-holonym) Cactaceae, family Cactaceae, cactus family
(member-meronym) prickly pear, prickly pear cactus

(n.)
A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig.
  

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