prickly pear

English

Prickly pear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɪkli ˈpɛː/

Noun

prickly pear (plural prickly pears)

1. Any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia.
2. The fruit, often edible, of such a plant.

Synonyms

• Indian fig

Translations

any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia

• Arabic: تِين شَوْكِيّ m (tīn šawkiyy)

  Egyptian Arabic: تين شوكي m (tīn šūkī)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 仙人掌果 (zh) (xiānrénzhǎngguǒ)

• Czech: opuncie f
• Dutch: vijgcactus m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: viikunakaktus
• French: figue de barbarie
• German: Kaktusfeige (de) f, Feigenkaktus (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: φραγκοσυκιά (el) f (fragkosykiá)
• Irish: piorra deilgneach m
• Italian: fico d'India (it) m, ficodindia (it) m
• Macedonian: опунтија f (opuntija)
• Navajo: hosh niteelí
• Portuguese: figueira-da-Índia f
• Quechua: tuna
• Spanish: higo chumbo m, tuna (es) f, nopal (es) m, higuera de pala f, higuera de tuna f
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: opwntia m, gellygen bigog f, peren bigog f

cactus fruit

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 仙人掌果 (zh) (xiānrénzhǎngguǒ)

• Dutch: cactusvijg (nl) f
• Finnish: kaktusviikuna
• German: Kaktusfeige (de) f
• Greek: φραγκόσυκο (el) n (fragkósyko)
• Irish: piorra deilgneach m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: fico d'India (it) m
• Navajo: hosh bineestʼąʼ
• Portuguese: figo-da-Índia m
• Russian: опу́нция (ru) f (opúncija)
• Spanish: higo chumbo m, higo de pala m, higo de tuna m, tuna (es) f
• Swedish: kaktusfikon n
• Yucatec Maya: k'i'ix chak pak'aal

Further reading

• prickly pear on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Opuntia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies