Definition of Opuntia. Meaning of Opuntia. Synonyms of Opuntia

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Definition of Opuntia

Opuntia
Opuntia O*pun"ti*a, n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig.

Meaning of Opuntia from wikipedia

- Opuntia, commonly called prickly pear or pear cactus, is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae. Prickly pears are also known as tuna...
- Opuntia ficus-indica, the Indian fig opuntia, fig opuntia, or prickly pear, is a species of cactus that has long been a domesticated crop plant grown...
- Opuntia humifusa, commonly known as the devil's-tongue, Eastern prickly pear or Indian fig, is a cactus of the genus Opuntia present in parts of the eastern...
- Opuntia microdasys (angel's-wings, bunny ears cactus, bunny cactus or polka-dot cactus) is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae...
- Opuntia cochenillifera is a species of cactus in the subfamily Opuntioideae. It is endemic to Mexico, and is the most common species in Jamaica. The first...
- Pfeiff. Opuntia andicola var. fulvispina Lem. Opuntia andicola Pfeiff. Opuntia articulata (Pfeiff.) D.R.Hunt Opuntia articulata Otto Opuntia calva Lem...
- subulata (Muehlenpf.) F.M.Knuth Opuntia ellemeetiana Miq. Opuntia exaltata A. Berger Opuntia segethii F. Phil. Opuntia subulata (Muehlenpf.) Engelm. Pereskia...
- Opuntia macrocentra, the long-spined purplish prickly pear or purple pricklypear, is a cactus found in the lower Southwestern United States and Northwestern...
- Opuntia engelmannii is a prickly pear common across the south-central and Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It goes by a variety of common...
- 800 species of cacti mostly fall into one of two groups of "core cacti": opuntias (subfamily Opuntioideae) and "cactoids" (subfamily Cactoideae). Most members...