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opuntia Synonyms

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• noun (Context 1)

The young, tender, flattened stem pad (cladode) of an opuntia cactus, stripped of its spines and prepared as a traditional culinary vegetable (nopal) in Mexican and Southwestern cuisine.

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nopal

• noun (Context 2)

The edible, sweet, fleshy, barrel-shaped berry produced by cacti of the genus Opuntia, commonly known as a prickly pear or tuna, having a thick skin studded with tiny bristles and juicy red, purple, yellow, or green pulp.

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tuna

• noun (Context 3)

Any of various cacti of the genus Opuntia (family Cactaceae), commonly known as prickly pears, native to the Americas and characterized by flat, fleshy, paddle-shaped stem segments (cladodes) armed with spines and glochids, cultivated as drought-tolerant ornamentals for their showy, cup-shaped yellow, orange, red, or magenta flowers.

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nopal
cactus

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Wordmom. (2026). Synonyms for Opuntia. In Wordmom Thesaurus. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/synonyms/opuntia
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