"nopal" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /noʊˈpɑl/ [General-American], /ˈnəʊpəl/ [UK] Forms: nopals [plural], nopal [plural]
Etymology: From Spanish nopal, from Classical Nahuatl nohpalli (“Opuntia cactus”). Compare nopales. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|nopal}} Spanish nopal, {{der|en|nci|nohpalli||Opuntia cactus}} Classical Nahuatl nohpalli (“Opuntia cactus”), {{m|en|nopales}} nopales Head templates: {{en-noun|s|nopal}} nopal (plural nopals or nopal)
  1. A prickly pear cactus from the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera; the edible pads (fleshy leaves) of the cactus, considered as food. Categories (lifeform): Cacti, Vegetables Synonyms (cactus of genus Opuntia): prickly pear Synonyms (edible pads of the cactus): nopales Translations (cactus of genus Opuntia): nopal [masculine] (Italian), nopale [masculine] (Italian), opuncja [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-nopal-en-noun-dtGa6C4G Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup

Inflected forms

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