nopal

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Englisch - Türkisch
{i} frenk inciri
hintinciri
{i} hint inciri
frenkinciri
firavuninciri
Opuntia ficus india
Englisch - Englisch
A prickly pear cactus from the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera
{n} the cochineel fig
The name is sometimes given to other species of Cactaceæ
A cactaceous plant (Nopalea cochinellifera), originally Mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which it is collected
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits
nopal

    Silbentrennung

    no·pal

    Aussprache

    Etymologie

    [ nO-'päl, -'pal; 'nO-p& ] (noun.) 1730. From Spanish nopal, from Nahuatl nopalli (“Opuntia cactus”). Compare nopales.
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