nopaln.

Brit.

/ˈnəʊpl/, U.S.

/ˈnoʊp(ə)l/

Inflections: Plural nopals, unchanged.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish nopal.

Etymology: < Spanish nopal (1552 in the passage translated in quot. 1578) < Nahuatl nopalli cactus, collective name for all Opuntia species. Compare nopales n. Compare ( < Spanish) French nopal (1584), Portuguese nopal (18th cent.), Italian nopale.The Nahuatl compound nopalnocheztli, given in some dictionaries as the source of nopal or Nopalea, is in fact the name for cochineal (Nahuatl nochetztli < nochtli Opuntia + eztli blood).

Any prickly pear cactus of the genus Opuntia (including the former genus Nopalea); esp. O. cochinellifera, formerly cultivated as a food plant of the cochineal insect. More fully nopal cactus.

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1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 193 The tree that beareth this fruite, is named Nopal, and is nothing almost but leaues of a foote broade and round, and three ynches thick.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 46 The name of the tree whereon this fruit groweth is called nopal.

1730 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 265 These Pastles are then placed upon the Plants of the Nopal, or Prickly Indian Fig.

1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) III. 351 This shrub, which is know'n by the name of nopal, or Indian fig, is about five feet high... There are several species of nopal.

1804 R. Percival Acct. Cape of Good Hope 142 The nopal or prickly pear which feeds the cochineal insects, is in abundance.

1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt vi. 81 The negro..led them through a wood of nopals to the hut of an Indian.

1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. i. 73 A certain number of nopals are planted around the houses.

1891 Cent. Mag. Jan. 386 More Nopal hedges were planted, and the old ones extended.

1927 Bot. Gaz. 83 99 Dr. W. J. G. Land found a species of Riccia growing at an altitude of about 2042 m., under a Nopal cactus on an exceedingly arid mountain side near Guanajuato, Mexico.

1949 Time 13 June 35 Their resentment grew when they learned that the Pasco would have a two-foot strip down the middle, planted to nopal and cactus.

1975 Sci. Amer. Jan. 130/3 That survey now maps some 40 square kilometers with each tree plotted.., the maguey plants drawn only by rows and the nopal cactus only by orchards.

1995 enRoute (Air Canada) Feb. 61/1 Others might think of the nopal, a cactus so popular that it appears on the Mexican flag.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nopal
释义	nopaln. Brit. /ˈnəʊpl/, U.S. /ˈnoʊp(ə)l/ Inflections: Plural nopals, unchanged. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish nopal. Etymology: < Spanish nopal (1552 in the passage translated in quot. 1578) < Nahuatl nopalli cactus, collective name for all Opuntia species. Compare nopales n. Compare ( < Spanish) French nopal (1584), Portuguese nopal (18th cent.), Italian nopale.The Nahuatl compound nopalnocheztli, given in some dictionaries as the source of nopal or Nopalea, is in fact the name for cochineal (Nahuatl nochetztli < nochtli Opuntia + eztli blood). Any prickly pear cactus of the genus Opuntia (including the former genus Nopalea); esp. O. cochinellifera, formerly cultivated as a food plant of the cochineal insect. More fully nopal cactus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > cochineal cactus nopal1578 fig1582 cochineal-tree1697 cochineal fig1785 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 193 The tree that beareth this fruite, is named Nopal, and is nothing almost but leaues of a foote broade and round, and three ynches thick. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 46 The name of the tree whereon this fruit groweth is called nopal. 1730 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 265 These Pastles are then placed upon the Plants of the Nopal, or Prickly Indian Fig. 1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) III. 351 This shrub, which is know'n by the name of nopal, or Indian fig, is about five feet high... There are several species of nopal. 1804 R. Percival Acct. Cape of Good Hope 142 The nopal or prickly pear which feeds the cochineal insects, is in abundance. 1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt vi. 81 The negro..led them through a wood of nopals to the hut of an Indian. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. i. 73 A certain number of nopals are planted around the houses. 1891 Cent. Mag. Jan. 386 More Nopal hedges were planted, and the old ones extended. 1927 Bot. Gaz. 83 99 Dr. W. J. G. Land found a species of Riccia growing at an altitude of about 2042 m., under a Nopal cactus on an exceedingly arid mountain side near Guanajuato, Mexico. 1949 Time 13 June 35 Their resentment grew when they learned that the Pasco would have a two-foot strip down the middle, planted to nopal and cactus. 1975 Sci. Amer. Jan. 130/3 That survey now maps some 40 square kilometers with each tree plotted.., the maguey plants drawn only by rows and the nopal cactus only by orchards. 1995 enRoute (Air Canada) Feb. 61/1 Others might think of the nopal, a cactus so popular that it appears on the Mexican flag. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578
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