"prickly pear" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌpɹɪkli ˈpɛː/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-prickly pear.wav [US] Forms: prickly pears [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛː Etymology: prickly + pear, from the nature of the plant's fruit, which, like the cactus it grows on, has spines on its surface. Etymology templates: {{com|en|prickly|pear}} prickly + pear Head templates: {{en-noun}} prickly pear (plural prickly pears)
  1. Any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia. Categories (lifeform): Cacti, Fruits Synonyms: Indian fig, cactus pear, desert pear Derived forms: Prickly Pear, Prickly Pear Cays, Prickly Pear Island Translations (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia): turksvy (Afrikaans), ቁልቋል በለስ (ḳulḳʷal bäläs) (Amharic), تِين شَوْكِيّ (tīn šawkiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), بَلَس (balas) [Yemen, masculine] (Arabic), صُبَّار (ṣubbār) [masculine] (Arabic), تين شوكي (tīn šūkī) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), هندية (handiyya) [Moroccan-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), كرموس هندي (karmūs handi) [Moroccan-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), figuera de moro [feminine] (Catalan), 仙人掌果 (xiānrénzhǎngguǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), opuncie [feminine] (Czech), vijgcactus [masculine] (Dutch), nehpalli (Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl), viikunakaktus (Finnish), figuier de Barbarie [masculine] (French), Kaktusfeige [feminine] (German), Feigenkaktus [masculine] (German), φραγκοσυκιά (fragkosykiá) [feminine] (Greek), નાગફણી (nāgaphṇī) (Gujarati), હાથલો (hāthlo) (Gujarati), צַבָּר (tzabár) [masculine] (Hebrew), piorra deilgneach [masculine] (Irish), fico d'India [masculine] (Italian), ficodindia [masculine] (Italian), うちわさぼてん (uchiwa saboten) (Japanese), 'ehpaa (Kumeyaay), опунтија (opuntija) [feminine] (Macedonian), bajtar tax-xewk [masculine] (Maltese), bajtar tal-Indja [masculine] (Maltese), nohpalli (Nahuatl), hosh niteelí (Navajo), opuncja [feminine] (Polish), figueira-da-Índia [feminine] (Portuguese), ਨਾਗਫਨੀ (nāgphanī) [feminine] (Punjabi), tuna (Quechua), колю́чая гру́ша (koljúčaja grúša) [feminine] (Russian), инде́йская смо́ква (indéjskaja smókva) [feminine] (Russian), ficu d'Innia [feminine] (Sicilian), ficu 'i pala [feminine] (Sicilian), higo chumbo [masculine] (Spanish), tuna [feminine] (Spanish), nopal [masculine] (Spanish), higuera de pala [feminine] (Spanish), higuera de tuna [feminine] (Spanish), నాగజెముడు (nāgajemuḍu) (Telugu), opwntia [masculine] (Welsh), gellygen bigog [feminine] (Welsh), peren bigog [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-prickly_pear-en-noun-BqvI9FPh Disambiguation of Cacti: 91 9 Disambiguation of Fruits: 45 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of 'any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia': 99 1
  2. The fruit, often edible, of such a plant. Categories (lifeform): Fruits Translations (cactus fruit): turksvy (Afrikaans), ቁልቋል በለስ (ḳulḳʷal bäläs) (Amharic), تِين شَوْكِيّ (tīn šawkiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), بَلَس (balas) [Yemen, masculine] (Arabic), صُبَّار (ṣubbār) [masculine] (Arabic), figa de moro (Catalan), 仙人掌果 (xiānrénzhǎngguǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), cactusvijg [feminine] (Dutch), kaktusviikuna (Finnish), figue de Barbarie [feminine] (French), Kaktusfeige [feminine] (German), φραγκόσυκο (fragkósyko) [neuter] (Greek), piorra deilgneach [masculine] (Irish), fico d'India [masculine] (Italian), 선인장속 (seoninjangsok) (Korean), sabra [feminine] (Ladino), raketa (Malagasy), sakafon-drano (Malagasy), hosh bineestʼąʼ (Navajo), opuncja [feminine] (Polish), figo-da-Índia [masculine] (Portuguese), опу́нция (opúncija) [feminine] (Russian), колю́чая гру́ша (koljúčaja grúša) [feminine] (Russian), инде́йская смо́ква (indéjskaja smókva) [feminine] (Russian), ficu d'Innia [feminine] (Sicilian), ficu 'i pala [feminine] (Sicilian), higo chumbo [masculine] (Spanish), higo de pala [masculine] (Spanish), higo de tuna [masculine] (Spanish), tuna [feminine] (Spanish), kaktusfikon [neuter] (Swedish), k'i'ix chak pak'aal (Yucatec Maya)
    Sense id: en-prickly_pear-en-noun-EItkyOlc Disambiguation of Fruits: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'cactus fruit': 16 84

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          "roman": "ṣubbār",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "صُبَّار"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "word": "figa de moro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiānrénzhǎngguǒ",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "word": "仙人掌果"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cactusvijg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "word": "kaktusviikuna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "figue de Barbarie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Kaktusfeige"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "fragkósyko",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "φραγκόσυκο"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "piorra deilgneach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fico d'India"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seoninjangsok",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "word": "선인장속"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sabra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "mg",
          "lang": "Malagasy",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "word": "raketa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "mg",
          "lang": "Malagasy",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "word": "sakafon-drano"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "word": "hosh bineestʼąʼ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "opuncja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "figo-da-Índia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "opúncija",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "опу́нция"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "koljúčaja grúša",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "колю́чая гру́ша"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "indéjskaja smókva",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "инде́йская смо́ква"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ficu d'Innia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ficu 'i pala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "higo chumbo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "higo de pala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "higo de tuna"
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        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tuna"
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        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "code": "yua",
          "lang": "Yucatec Maya",
          "sense": "cactus fruit",
          "word": "k'i'ix chak pak'aal"
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      "tags": [
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
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      "word": "Prickly Pear"
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    {
      "word": "Prickly Pear Cays"
    },
    {
      "word": "Prickly Pear Island"
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      "word": "Indian fig"
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      "word": "desert pear"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "word": "turksvy"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "ḳulḳʷal bäläs",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "word": "ቁልቋል በለስ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tīn šawkiyy",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تِين شَوْكِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "balas",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "Yemen",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بَلَس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣubbār",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "صُبَّار"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tīn šūkī",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تين شوكي"
    },
    {
      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "handiyya",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "هندية"
    },
    {
      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "karmūs handi",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كرموس هندي"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "figuera de moro"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiānrénzhǎngguǒ",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "word": "仙人掌果"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opuncie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vijgcactus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nhe",
      "lang": "Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "word": "nehpalli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "word": "viikunakaktus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "figuier de Barbarie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kaktusfeige"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Feigenkaktus"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fragkosykiá",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "φραγκοσυκιά"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "nāgaphṇī",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "word": "નાગફણી"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "hāthlo",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "word": "હાથલો"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tzabár",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "צַבָּר"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piorra deilgneach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fico d'India"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ficodindia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "uchiwa saboten",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "word": "うちわさぼてん"
    },
    {
      "code": "nai-kum",
      "lang": "Kumeyaay",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "word": "'ehpaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "opuntija",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "опунтија"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bajtar tax-xewk"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bajtar tal-Indja"
    },
    {
      "code": "nah",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "word": "nohpalli"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "word": "hosh niteelí"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opuncja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "figueira-da-Índia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "nāgphanī",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ਨਾਗਫਨੀ"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "word": "tuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "koljúčaja grúša",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "колю́чая гру́ша"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "indéjskaja smókva",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "инде́йская смо́ква"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ficu d'Innia"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ficu 'i pala"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "higo chumbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nopal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "higuera de pala"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "higuera de tuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "nāgajemuḍu",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "word": "నాగజెముడు"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opwntia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gellygen bigog"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peren bigog"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "word": "turksvy"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "ḳulḳʷal bäläs",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "word": "ቁልቋል በለስ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tīn šawkiyy",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تِين شَوْكِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "balas",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "tags": [
        "Yemen",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بَلَس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣubbār",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "صُبَّار"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "word": "figa de moro"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiānrénzhǎngguǒ",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "word": "仙人掌果"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cactusvijg"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "word": "kaktusviikuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "figue de Barbarie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kaktusfeige"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fragkósyko",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "φραγκόσυκο"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piorra deilgneach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fico d'India"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seoninjangsok",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "word": "선인장속"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sabra"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "word": "raketa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "word": "sakafon-drano"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "word": "hosh bineestʼąʼ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opuncja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "figo-da-Índia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opúncija",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "опу́нция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "koljúčaja grúša",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "колю́чая гру́ша"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "indéjskaja smókva",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "инде́йская смо́ква"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ficu d'Innia"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ficu 'i pala"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "higo chumbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "higo de pala"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "higo de tuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kaktusfikon"
    },
    {
      "code": "yua",
      "lang": "Yucatec Maya",
      "sense": "cactus fruit",
      "word": "k'i'ix chak pak'aal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prickly pear"
}

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