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nopal definition

no·pal (nō′pəl, nō päl′)

noun

any of a genus (Nopalea) of cactuses with red flowers, esp. a tropical prickly pear (N. cochinellifera)

Etymology: Sp < Nahuatl noʾpalli, prickly pear cactus

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