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prickly pears

prickly pears is the plural 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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Questions about prickly pears

What is prickly pears the plural of?
Prickly pears is the plural of prickly pear.

Words near prickly pears in the dictionary

  1. prickly oaks
  2. prickly pear
  3. prickly pear cactus
  4. Prickly Pear Cays
  5. Prickly Pear Island
  6. prickly pears
  7. prickly poison
  8. prickly poppies
  9. prickly poppy
  10. prickly saltwort
  11. prickly saltworts

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