Opuntia

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Opuntia
    n 1: large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears
         [syn: {Opuntia}, {genus Opuntia}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Opuntia \O*pun"ti*a\, prop. n. [NL.] (Bot.)
   A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian
   fig.
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