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prickly pear definition

☆ prickly pear

    1. any of various cactuses (genus Opuntia) having large, flat, oval stem joints and edible fruits: many species have barbed spines
    2. the pear-shaped fruit of such a plant
  2. nopal

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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