prickly pear

See also: Prickly Pear

English
Prickly pear (Opuntia ovata)

Etymology

prickly +‎ pear, from the nature of the plant's fruit, which, like the cactus it grows on, has spines on its surface.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpɹɪkli ˈpɛː/
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  • Hyphenation: prick‧ly pear
  • Rhymes: -ɛː
  • Homophone: Prickly Pear

Noun

prickly pear (plural prickly pears)

  1. Any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia.
  2. The fruit, often edible, of such a plant.

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