Opuntia

See also: opuntia

Translingual

Opuntia ficus-indica

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sokʷós

Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós)

Ancient Greek -οῦς (-oûs)

Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς (Opoûs)

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios)

Ancient Greek Ὀπούντῐος (Opoúntĭos)bor.

Latin Opūntius

Latin opūntiabor.

Translingual Opuntia

Borrowed from Latin opūntia, a plant from Opus (Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς (Opoûs)), a city in Locris.

Proper noun

Opuntia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – prickly pears.

Hypernyms

• (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

• For species see Opuntia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or Opuntia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

• Cylindropuntia
• Opuntiaceae (now Cactaceae)

Descendants

• → English: opuntia
• → Russian: опу́нция (opúncija)

References

• Opuntia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Opuntia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Opuntia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Opuntia at USDA Plants database
• “Opuntia, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2004.