Opuntia
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See also: opuntia
Translingual[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Post-classical Latin opuntia, a plant from Opus (Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς (Opoûs)), a city in Locris.
Proper noun[edit]
Opuntia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – prickly pears.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Cactaceae - family; Opuntioideae - subfamily; Opuntieae - tribe
Hyponyms[edit]
- For species see
Opuntia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or 
Opuntia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Derived terms[edit]
- Opuntiaceae (now Cactaceae)
References[edit]
- Opuntia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Opuntia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Opuntia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Opuntia at USDA Plants database
- “Opuntia, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2004.
