Opuntia
See also: opuntia
Translingual
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Opuntia_ficus-indica_%28Indian_Fig%29_at_Secunderabad%2C_AP_W_IMG_6674.jpg/220px-Opuntia_ficus-indica_%28Indian_Fig%29_at_Secunderabad%2C_AP_W_IMG_6674.jpg)
Etymology
From Post-classical Latin opuntia, a plant from Opus (Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς (Opoûs)), a city in Locris.
Proper noun
Opuntia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – the 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; Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. - subfamily; Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. - tribe
Hyponyms
- For species see
Opuntia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or
Opuntia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Derived terms
- Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. (now Cactaceae)
References
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.