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What (who) is prickly-pear cactus - definition
SPECIES OF PLANT
Erect Prickly Pear; Cactus strictus; Opuntia inermis; Opuntia magnifica; Opuntia macrantha; Spineless Prickly Pear; Coastal Prickly Pear; Erect prickly pear; Erect pricklypear; Coastal prickly pear; Spineless prickly pear
Opuntia engelmannii
Opuntia engelmannii is a prickly pear common across the south-central and Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It goes by a variety of common names, including desert prickly pear, discus prickly pear, Engelmann's prickly pear in the US, and nopal, abrojo, joconostle, and vela de coyote in Mexico.
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WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Prickly Pear; Prickly pears; Prickly-pear; Prickly pear (disambiguation); Pricklypear; Prickly Pears
n.
Indian fig (Cactus opuntia).
prickly pear
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
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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Opuntia stricta
Opuntia stricta is a species of large cactus that is endemic to the subtropical and tropical coastal areas of the Americas, especially around the Caribbean. Common names include erect prickly pear and nopal estricto (Spanish). The first description as Cactus strictus was published in 1803 by Adrian Hardy Haworth. In 1812 he moved the species to the genus Opuntia.
Examples of use of prickly-pear cactus
1. 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.
2. In the 16th century, when conquistadors returned home to Spain from their Mexican exploits, they brought with them prickly pear cactus plants that were soon propagated throughout southern Europe, North Africa, and the Mediterranean basin, including the Holy Land.
3. Generations later, much of the Ramirez tract, with its mile of riverbank, remains undisturbed, overrun by huge mesquite and ebony trees, thick clusters of prickly pear cactus and chaparral.
4. "Take before your night out, as it can have a preventative effect, and don‘t ruin its effects by using toothpaste or drinking caffeine as this can counteract its efficacy." 7/10 Overall rating: 5.5/10 • Discovery Sliced Cactus, 1.2' per jar Waitrose and Morrisons How it works: Extracts of prickly pear cactus have been shown by one U.S. study to alleviate the symptoms of hangovers, though it‘s not clear why.