= Indian fig, n. 2, prickly pear, n.; esp. opuntia tuna, a tall-growing species found in Central America and the West Indies, and introduced…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > prickly pear (7) tuna1555 = Indian fig, n. 2, prickly pear, n.; esp. opuntia tuna, a tall-growing species found in Central America and the West Indies, and introduced… Opuntia1601 Originally: †a plant of Opus (a town in Locris, Greece) referred to by Pliny (Nat. Hist. 21. 104) as sending out roots from its leaves (obsolete)… prickled pear1610 = prickly pear, n. prickle pear1610 = prickly pear, n. prickpear1622 = prickly pear, n. prickly pear1696 Any of various spiny, sometimes tree-sized, cacti of the genus Opuntia (see Opuntia, n.), having jointed stems that typically have flattened oval… pear apple1898 (a) a fruit having features of both an apple and a pear; esp. a rough-skinned variety of apple (now historical); (b) the fruit of a prickly pear (a… |
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