nopalery
/ˈnəʊp(ə)l(ə)ri/Now historical
noun
A plantation of nopal cacti, Opuntia cochinellifera, formerly cultivated as a food plant of the cochineal insect.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in John Justamond (d. 1786). From nopal + -ery, after French nopalerie; with some forms compare -ry.
- flunkeyism
- flunky
- fluoborate
- fluoboric
- fluocerite
- fluohydric acid
- fluophotometer
- fluor
- fluoracetamide
- fluor acid
- fluor acid air
- fluor albus
- fluoranthen
- fluoranthene
- fluorapatite
- fluorated
- fluorene
- fluoresce
- fluorescein
- fluorescence
- fluorescence microscope
- fluorescence microscopy
- fluorescence spectroscopy
- fluorescence spectrum
- fluorescent