= 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 fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > prickly pear plants (10) 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. Indian fig1631 A prickly pear cactus (genus Opuntia). 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… pimploe1698 = prickly pear, n. Cf. pimpler, n. pear1805 U.S. regional and Australian. = prickly pear, n. See also pear apple n. (b) at compounds 2. Subcategories:— grove or thicket of (1) |
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