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    OPUNTIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pearsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Opuntia; Opuntia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Opuntia" is a kind of...):

    caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

    Meronyms (members of "Opuntia"):

    prickly pear; prickly pear cactus (cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock)

    cholla; Opuntia cholla (arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico)

    Holonyms ("Opuntia" is a member of...):

    Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)

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