Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Opuntia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Opuntia \O*pun"ti*a\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian
fig.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Opuntia
n : large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears
[syn: {Opuntia}, {genus Opuntia}]
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