Nopal Definition

nō-päl, nōpəl
nopales, nopals
noun
Any of a genus (Nopalea) of cactuses with red flowers, esp. a tropical prickly pear (N. cochinellifera)
Webster's New World
The fleshy, oval, edible pad of such a cactus.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • Opuntia lindheimeri

Other Word Forms of Nopal

Noun

Singular:
nopal
Plural:
nopals

Origin of Nopal

  • From Spanish nopal, from Nahuatl nopalli (“Opuntia cactus"). Compare nopales.

    From Wiktionary

  • American Spanish from Nahuatl nohpalli

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Nopal Sentence Examples

  • Plantations of the nopal and the tuna, which are called nopaleries, are established for the purpose of rearing this insect, the Coccus Cacti, and these often contain as many as 50,000 plants.

  • The Aztec name of the city was Tenochtitlan, derived either from Tenoch, one of their priests and leaders, or from tenuch, the Indian name for the " nopal," which is associated with its foundation.

  • An important product of the plateau and of the open districts of the tierras calientes, growing in the most arid places, is the " nopal " or prickly pear cactus (Opuntia ficus indica).

  • It consists of the females of Coccus cacti, an insect of the family Coccidae of the order Hemiptera, which feeds upon various species of the Cactaceae, more especially the nopal plant, Opuntia coccinellifera, a native of Mexico and Peru.

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