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prickly pear cactus

prickly pear cactus is the alternative form of prickly pear.

Meaning of prickly pear

Noun

prickly pear (plural prickly pears)

  1. Any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia.
    • "I wonder where those prickly pear blossoms came from," he mused.1949, Dorothy M. Johnson, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 107
  2. The fruit, often edible, of such a plant.

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Forms of prickly pear cactus

pluralprickly pear cactuses
pluralprickly pear cacti
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Questions about prickly pear cactus

What is prickly pear cactus the alternative form of?
Prickly pear cactus is the alternative form of prickly pear.

Words near prickly pear cactus in the dictionary

  1. prickly lettuces
  2. prickly nightshade
  3. prickly oak
  4. prickly oaks
  5. prickly pear
  6. prickly pear cactus
  7. Prickly Pear Cays
  8. Prickly Pear Island
  9. prickly pears
  10. prickly poison
  11. prickly poppies

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