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prickly pear en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌpɹɪkli ˈpɛː/ (UK)
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia.
   • "I wonder where those prickly pear blossoms came from," he mused. 1949, Dorothy M. Johnson, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 107:
2. The fruit, often edible, of such a plant.

Forms

Deriveds

Prickly Pear Island · Prickly Pear · Prickly Pear Cays

Synonyms

pimploe · tuna · desert pear · cactus pear · Indian fig

Translations (99)

it fico d'India (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · nv hosh niteelí (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · cy peren bigog (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · mt bajtar tal-Indja (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · cy opwntia (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · arz تين شوكي (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · lad sabra (cactus fruit) · fi viikunakaktus (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · el οπούντια (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · ary كرموس هندي (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · bg кактусова смокиня (cactus fruit) · nai-kum 'ehpaa (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · bg опу́нция (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · cy gellygen bigog (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · qu tuna (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · it ficodindia (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · ru инде́йская смо́ква (cactus fruit) · sv kaktusfikon (cactus fruit) · el φραγκόσυκο (cactus fruit) · scn ficu 'i pala (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · sl indijska figa (cactus fruit) · es higo de tuna (cactus fruit) · unm mahtaksën (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · cs opuncie (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · cmn 仙人掌果 (cactus fruit) · nv hosh bineestʼąʼ (cactus fruit) · te నాగజెముడు (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · es higuera de pala (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · mg raketa (cactus fruit) · fi kaktusviikuna (cactus fruit) · nl vijgcactus (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · ja うちわさぼてん (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · bg кактусова смокиня (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · fr figue de Barbarie (cactus fruit) · pa ਨਾਗਫਨੀ (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · scn ficu d'Innia (cactus fruit) · ru опу́нция (cactus fruit) · ga piorra deilgneach (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · it fico d'India (cactus fruit) · scn ficu 'i pala (cactus fruit) · de Feigenkaktus (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · el φραγκοσυκιά (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · ary هندية (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · sh опунција (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · af turksvy (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · ca figa de moro (cactus fruit) · es higo de pala (cactus fruit) · ar تِين شَوْكِيّ (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · mt bajtar tax-xewk (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · es nopal (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · am ቁልቋል በለስ (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · am ቁልቋል በለስ (cactus fruit) · nhe nehpalli (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · fr figuier de Barbarie (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · scn ficu d'Innia (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · de Kaktusfeige (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · sh indijska smokva (cactus fruit) · he צַבָּר (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · es tuna (cactus fruit) · es tuna (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · gu હાથલો (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · ru инде́йская смо́ква (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · ar تِين شَوْكِيّ (cactus fruit) · sv fikonkaktus (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · es higuera de tuna (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · yua k'i'ix chak pak'aal (cactus fruit) · ga piorra deilgneach (cactus fruit) · mg sakafon-drano (cactus fruit) · shi taknarit (cactus fruit) · sl indijska smokva (cactus fruit) · pt figueira-da-índia (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · nah nohpalli (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · eo opuntio (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · gd peur-stobach (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · quc nochti' (cactus fruit) · quc nochti' (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · gu નાગફણી (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · pl opuncja (cactus fruit) · ko 선인장속 (cactus fruit) · shi aknari (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · nl cactusvijg (cactus fruit) · ar بَلَس (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · de Kaktusfeige (cactus fruit) · ar صُبَّار (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · pl opuncja (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · af turksvy (cactus fruit) · es higo chumbo (cactus fruit) · sh opuncija (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · ar صُبَّار (cactus fruit) · mk опунтија (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · ar بَلَس (cactus fruit) · ca figuera de moro (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · ru колю́чая гру́ша (cactus fruit) · pt figo-da-índia (cactus fruit) · sl opuncija (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · es higo chumbo (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · sh индијска смоква (cactus fruit) · ru колю́чая гру́ша (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) · cmn 仙人掌 (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia)