nopalry
Syllables: no·pal·ry/ˈnəʊp(ə)lɹi/US/ˈnoʊpəlri/
nopalry is the alternative spelling of nopalery.
Meaning of nopalery
Noun
nopalery (plural nopaleries)
- A plantation of nopal (a prickly pear cactus of the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera) used as food for the cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus), which is raised to produce carmine dye.
- This ſpecies [the wild cochineal] multiplies more readily, ſpreads further and faſter without any aſſiſtance; ſo that a nopalry is ſoon covered with them.1783, [Guillaume Thomas François] Raynal, “Of the Culture of the Cochineal”, in J[ohn] O[badiah] Justamond, transl., A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the...
Forms of nopalry
| plural | nopalries |
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Origin of nopalry
From nopal + -ry (variant of -ery), a variant of nopalery.
Questions about nopalry
- What is nopalry the alternative spelling of?
- Nopalry is the alternative spelling of nopalery.
- How do you pronounce nopalry?
- Nopalry is pronounced /ˈnəʊp(ə)lɹi/ (UK).
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