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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears;
[syn: Opuntia, genus Opuntia]


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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Opuntia n 1: large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears [syn: Opuntia, genus Opuntia]