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What (who) is prickly pear - definition
prickly-pear
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Prickly Pear; Prickly pears; Prickly-pear; Prickly pear (disambiguation); Pricklypear; Prickly Pears
n.
Indian fig (Cactus opuntia).
prickly pear
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Prickly Pear; Prickly pears; Prickly-pear; Prickly pear (disambiguation); Pricklypear; Prickly Pears
(prickly pears)
A prickly pear is a kind of cactus that has round fruit with prickles on. The fruit, which you can eat, is also called a prickly pear.
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prickly pear
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Prickly Pear; Prickly pears; Prickly-pear; Prickly pear (disambiguation); Pricklypear; Prickly Pears
¦ noun
1. a cactus with flattened, jointed stems which produces prickly, pear-shaped fruits. [Opuntia ficus-indica and related species.]
2. the edible orange or red fruit of the prickly pear.
Examples of use of prickly pear
1. One of several search parties scoured barren terrain spotted with sequoia cactus, prickly pear and sea grass in view of Valero oil refinery.
2. About 50,000 Mexican farm families make a living from the $100 million annual market for boiled, tender cactus leaves and prickly pear fruit.
3. For the past 20 years, Badria and her family have returned to the village to pick the prickly pear fruit of the cactuses that flourish on the mountainside.
4. Inside the yellow police tape strung across prickly pear and ocotillo cactuses lay staples the immigrants carried on their trek across the desert: a package of bologna and a plastic water jug.
5. The Fuchigamis were moved to the county fairgrounds in Merced, Calif., before being sent to a relocation center being hastily built in southeastern Colorado, a landscape of prickly pear cactus and sagebrush prone to dust storms.