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Prickly pear cactus

noun

Cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock. Synonym: prickly pear.

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"Prickly pear cactus" Quotes from Famous Books

... cows well, Little Brother," calls Arul, as she hurries back on the narrow path that winds between boulders and thickets of prickly pear cactus. Green parrots are screaming in the tamarind trees and overhead a white-throated Brahmany kite wheels motionless in the vivid blue. The sun is blazing now, but Arul runs unheeding. It is time for school—she knows it by the sun-clock in the sky. "Female ...

— Lighted to Lighten: The Hope of India • Alice B. Van Doren

... The prickly pear cactus, or Indian fig, of the genus Opuntia is a common as well as a numerous family. The soil and climate of the southwest from Texas to California seem to be just to its liking. It grows rank and often forms dense thickets. The root is a tough wood from which, it ...

— Arizona Sketches • Joseph A. Munk

Words linked to "Prickly pear cactus" : cactus, Opuntia, genus Opuntia, tuna, Opuntia lindheimeri, Opuntia tuna, nopal