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Nopalea — noun a genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers • Syn: ↑genus Nopalea • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cactaceae, ↑family Cactaceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Nopalea — Opuntien Opuntia echios ist auf den Galápagos Inseln beheimatet. Sie gehört zu den großen, baumähnlich wachsenden Opuntienarten. Systematik … Deutsch Wikipedia
dicot genus — noun genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination • Syn: ↑magnoliopsid genus • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑magnoliid dicot genus, ↑hamamelid dicot genus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
magnoliopsid genus — noun genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination • Syn: ↑dicot genus • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑magnoliid dicot genus, ↑hamamelid dicot genus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Cactaceae — noun constituting the order Opuntiales • Syn: ↑family Cactaceae, ↑cactus family • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Opuntiales, ↑order Opuntiales … Useful english dictionary
cactus family — noun constituting the order Opuntiales • Syn: ↑Cactaceae, ↑family Cactaceae • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Opuntiales, ↑order Opuntiales … Useful english dictionary
family Cactaceae — noun constituting the order Opuntiales • Syn: ↑Cactaceae, ↑cactus family • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Opuntiales, ↑order Opuntiales … Useful english dictionary
nopal — noun (plural nopals or nopales) Etymology: Spanish, from Nahuatl nohpalli Date: 1730 1. any of a genus (Nopalea) of cacti of Mexico and Central America that differ from the prickly pears in having erect petals and scarlet flowers with the stamens … New Collegiate Dictionary
nopal — /noh peuhl, noh pahl , pal /, n. 1. any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear. 2. the fruit of such a cactus, or of a similar cactus, as the prickly pear. [1720 30; < MexSp < Nahuatl nohpalli] * * * … Universalium
nopal — [ nəʊp(ə)l, nəʊpal] noun a Mexican cactus which is a major food plant of the cochineal insect. [Genus Nopalea.] ↘(nopales nəʊ pα:lɛz) the edible fleshy pads of this cactus, used in Mexican cuisine. Origin C18: via Fr. and Sp. from Nahuatl nopalli … English new terms dictionary
