prickly pear

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia.
2. The fruit, often edible, of such a plant.

Sinonieme

prickly pear cactus

barbary fig

Indian fig

mission cactus

edible tree cactus

nopal

Indian fig opuntia

tuna

Opuntia ficus indica

Vertalings

fico d’india

Kaktusfeige

chumbera

figuier de Barbarie

fico d'India

nopal

figue de Barbarie

fico d’India

tuna

figueira-da-Índia

higo chumbo

figo-da-Índia

ficodindia

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˌpɹɪkli ˈpɛː/

Etimologie (Engels)

From prickly + pear, from the nature of the plant's fruit, which, like the cactus it grows on, has spines on its surface.