Meaning of nopal | Babel Free

Definitions

1. prickly pear, the fruit of the nopal cactus (Opuntia, especially Opuntia ficus-indica)
2. A prickly pear cactus from the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera; the edible pads (fleshy leaves) of the cactus, considered as food.
3. a college singing group, wearing ornate clothes, called in the Americas estudiantina
4. female equivalent of tuno
5. third-person singular present indicative

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Examples

“They rode up through cholla and nopal, a dwarf forest of spined things, through a stone gap in the mountains and down among blooming artemisia and aloe.”

“Nopal is a prickly pear native to arid areas of North and South America.[…]Nopal is high in fiber, vitamins, protein, and mucilage.”

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