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Prickly pear Moderate

Prickly pear has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
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

3

Any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia.

See Also
opuntia cacti tuna indian fig nopales nopal aaron's beard cactus cactaceous
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
cactus edible fruit
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
nopal tuna
Rhyming Words
ear dear near hear year bear fear mear lear pear rear wear tear sear arear shear spear abear drear grear
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