nopaleryn.

Brit.

/ˈnəʊp(ə)l(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈnoʊpəˌlɛri/

Forms:

α. 1700s–1800s nopalry.

β. 1800s– nopalery.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: nopal n., -ery suffix.

Etymology: < nopal n. + -ery suffix, after French nopalerie (1780 in the passage translated in quot. 1783 at α. ; also nopalière (1814 or earlier)); with α. forms compare -ry suffix. Compare Spanish nopalera (1787).

Now historical.

A plantation of nopal cacti, Opuntia cochinellifera, formerly cultivated as a food plant of the cochineal insect.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > cochineal cactus > plantation

nopalery1783

α.

1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) III. 352 A spot thus planted, and distinguished by the name of Nopalry, is usually no more than one or two acres in extent.

1789 J. Anderson Let. 31 Jan. in Corr. Introd. Cochineal Insects (1791) 4 The establishment of a public Nopalry.

1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. i. 75 In 1853, in the province of Algiers alone, there were fourteen nopalries.

β. 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. x. 323 They plant their nopaleries in cleared ground on the slopes of mountains or ravines.1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 792/2 Plantations for rearing the cochineal insect..are called nopaleries.1929 H. A. A. Nicholls & J. H. Holland Text-bk. Trop. Agric. (ed. 2) ii. xiii. 393 Cochineal... The dye was formerly of considerable importance... The plantations are sometimes called ‘Nopaleries’.1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities vi. 43 In the Vice-Royalty of New Spain, the Abbé befriended the owner of a nopalery, a cactus farm that yielded the insects from which cochineal, a costly red dye, is made.

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

单词	nopalery
释义	nopaleryn. Brit. /ˈnəʊp(ə)l(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈnoʊpəˌlɛri/ Forms: α. 1700s–1800s nopalry. β. 1800s– nopalery. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: nopal n., -ery suffix. Etymology: < nopal n. + -ery suffix, after French nopalerie (1780 in the passage translated in quot. 1783 at α. ; also nopalière (1814 or earlier)); with α. forms compare -ry suffix. Compare Spanish nopalera (1787). Now historical. A plantation of nopal cacti, Opuntia cochinellifera, formerly cultivated as a food plant of the cochineal insect. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or breeding other animals > [noun] > place for keeping other animals froggery1737 toadery1763 fox-court1781 nopalery1783 beavery1877 mousery1920 wormery1952 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > cochineal cactus > plantation nopalery1783 α. 1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) III. 352 A spot thus planted, and distinguished by the name of Nopalry, is usually no more than one or two acres in extent. 1789 J. Anderson Let. 31 Jan. in Corr. Introd. Cochineal Insects (1791) 4 The establishment of a public Nopalry. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. i. 75 In 1853, in the province of Algiers alone, there were fourteen nopalries. β. 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. x. 323 They plant their nopaleries in cleared ground on the slopes of mountains or ravines.1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 792/2 Plantations for rearing the cochineal insect..are called nopaleries.1929 H. A. A. Nicholls & J. H. Holland Text-bk. Trop. Agric. (ed. 2) ii. xiii. 393 Cochineal... The dye was formerly of considerable importance... The plantations are sometimes called ‘Nopaleries’.1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities vi. 43 In the Vice-Royalty of New Spain, the Abbé befriended the owner of a nopalery, a cactus farm that yielded the insects from which cochineal, a costly red dye, is made. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1783
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