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nopals

nopals is the plural of nopal.

Meaning of nopal

Noun

nopal (plural nopals or nopal)

  1. A prickly pear cactus from the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera; the edible pads (fleshy leaves) of the cactus, considered as food.
    • 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.1985, Cormac McCarthy, chapter VII, in Blood Meridian […] , →OCLC

Questions about nopals

What is nopals the plural of?
Nopals is the plural of nopal.

Words near nopals in the dictionary

  1. nopaline
  2. nopalito
  3. nopalitos
  4. nopalries
  5. nopalry
  6. nopals
  7. NOPAT
  8. NOPD
  9. nope
  10. nope out
  11. nope outta

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