prickly pear

Definition of Prickly Pear in English :

1. prickly pear, prickly pear cactus

cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock

2. prickly pear

round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Prickly Pear

noun

1.

any of various tropical cacti of the genus Opuntia, having flattened or cylindrical spiny joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species

1.

a.

any of various cactuses (genus Opuntia) having large, flat, oval stem joints and edible fruits: many species have barbed spines

b.

the pear-shaped fruit of such a plant

2.

nopal

n.

1. Any of various opuntias having bristly, flattened stem segments, often colorful flowers, and ovoid prickly fruit.

2. The edible fruit of certain of these cactuses.