Opuntia
Opuntia tanım:
Kelime: opun·tiaSöyleniş: O-'p&n(t)-sh(E-)&
İşlev: noun
Kökeni: Latin, a plant, from feminine of opuntius of Opus, from Opunt-, Opus Opus, ancient city in Greece
: any of a large genus (Opuntia) of cacti with usually yellow flowers and flat or terete joints usually studded with tubercles bearing spines or prickly hairs -- compare CHOLLA, PRICKLY PEAR