Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cactaceae"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nopal \No"pal\, n. [Mexican nopalli.] (Bot.)
A cactaceous plant ({Nopalea cochinellifera}), originally
Mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which
it is collected. The name is sometimes given to other species
of {Cactace[ae]}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Cactaceae
n : constituting the order Opuntiales [syn: {Cactaceae}, {family
Cactaceae}, {cactus family}]
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