current
LEO-entries:
Dictionary: Feigenkaktus• opuntia [bot.] = der Feigenkaktus
Pl.: die Feigenkakteen/die Feigenkaktusse• prickly pear [bot.] = der Feigenkaktus
Pl.: die Feigenkakteen/die FeigenkaktusseDictionary: Opuntie• opuntia [bot.] = die Opuntie
Pl.: die OpuntienSee also:
related discussion: opuntia - die OpuntieNOTE: This proposal suggests CHANGES to the current LEO-entries:
• opuntia [bot.] = der Feigenkaktus
wiss.: Opuntia (Gattung) Pl.: die Feigenkakteen/die Feigenkaktusse• prickly pear
also: prickly pear cactus [bot.] = der Feigenkaktus
wiss.: Opuntia (Gattung) Pl.: die Feigenkakteen/die Feigenkaktusse• opuntia [bot.] = die Opuntie
wiss.: Opuntia (Gattung) Pl.: die Opuntien----------
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/...prickly pearLine breaks: prick¦ly pear
Pronunciation:
NOUN
1 A cactus with jointed stems and oval flattened segments, having barbed bristles and large pear-shaped prickly fruits.
Genus
Opuntia, family Cactaceae: several species, […]
[…]
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pri...prickly pear noun
: a cactus that has yellow flowers and fruits shaped like pears; also : the fruit of this plant
Full Definition of PRICKLY PEAR
1 :
opuntia; especially : any of those with flat spiny joints —called also
prickly pear cactus — compare
cholla […]
First Known Use of PRICKLY PEAR
1612
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/e...prickly pearDefinitions
noun
1. any of various tropical cacti of the genus
Opuntia, having flattened or cylindrical spiny joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species See also
cholla,
nopal (sense 2)
[…]
http://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?...prickly pearn.
1. Any of various
opuntias having bristly, flattened stem segments, often colorful flowers, and ovoid prickly fruit.
[…]
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=...• S: (n)
Opuntia, genus
Opuntia (large genus of cactuses native to America:
prickly pears)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11579783Botanical briefs:
prickly pear cactus--
Opuntia Miller.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/...opuntiaLine breaks: opun|tia
Pronunciation: /ɒˈpʌnʃɪə , ə(ʊ)-/
NOUN
A cactus of a genus that comprises the prickly pears.
Genus
Opuntia, family Cactaceae
[…]
Origin
early 17th century: from Latin, a name given to a plant growing around
Opus (stem
Opunt-), a city in Locris in ancient Greece. The term was later used as a genus name.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opuntiaopun•tia noun \ō-ˈpən(t)-sh(ē-)ə\
Definition of OPUNTIA
: any of a large genus (
Opuntia) of American cacti with usually yellow flowers and flat or terete joints usually studded with tubercles bearing spines or prickly hairs — compare
cholla,
prickly pearOrigin of OPUNTIA
Latin, a plant, from feminine of
opuntius of Opus, from
Opunt-,
Opus Opus, ancient city in Greece
First Known Use: 1601
opuntia noun (Concise Encyclopedia)
Any plant of the genus
Opuntia, the largest genus of the cactus family. Native to the New World, it has characteristic small bristles with backward-facing barbs. Subgroups are based on the form of the stem segments:
chollas have cylindrical joints, while
prickly pears have flat joints. Sizes range from tiny, cold-hardy forms to treelike varieties. In the Northern Hemisphere,
opuntia is found farther north than any other cactus.
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/e...opuntia (ɒˈpʌnʃɪə)
Definitions
noun
any cactus of the genus
Opuntia, esp
prickly pear, having fleshy branched stems and green, red, or yellow flowers
Word Origin
C17: New Latin, from Latin
Opuntia (
herba) the Opuntian (plant), from
Opus, ancient town of Locris, Greece
http://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?...o•pun•ti•a (ō-pŭnshē-ə, -shə)
n.
Any of various cacti of the genus
Opuntia of the Americas, having stems with flat or cylindrical jointed segments and small easily detached spines, and including the
chollas and the
prickly pears.
[Latin (
herba)
Opūntia, Opuntian (herb), feminine of
Opūntius, of Opus, an ancient town of east-central Greece, from
Opūs,
Opūnt-, Opus, from Greek
Opous,
Opount-.]
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/...chollaLine breaks: cholla
Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɔɪə /
NOUN
A cactus with a cylindrical stem, native to Mexico and the south-western US.
Genus
Opuntia, family Cactaceae
[…]
Origin
mid 19th century: Mexican Spanish use of Spanish
cholla ‘skull, head’, of unknown origin.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chollachol•la noun \ˈchȯi-yə\
Definition of CHOLLA
: any of numerous shrubby
opuntias chiefly of the southwestern United States and Mexico that have needlelike spines partly enclosed in a papery sheath and cylindrical joints —called also
cholla cactus[…]
Origin of CHOLLA
Mexican Spanish, from Spanish, head
First Known Use: 1846
[…]
cholla noun (Concise Encyclopedia)
[…]
Any cactus of the genus
Opuntia, native to North and South America, having needlelike spines partly enclosed in a papery sheath.
Chollas vary greatly in size and have small flowers, sometimes chartreuse and inconspicuous, but usually of more striking colors. […]. Cholla wood, a hollow cylinder with regularly spaced holes, is used for fuel and novelties. Some cholla fruit is edible.
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/e...cholla (ˈtʃəʊljɑː; Spanish ˈtʃoʎa)
Definitions
noun
any of several spiny cacti of the genus
Opuntia that grow in the southwestern US and Mexico and have cylindrical stem segments See also
prickly pearWord Origin
Mexican Spanish, from Spanish: head, perhaps from Old French (dialect)
cholle ball, of Germanic origin
http://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?...chol•la (choiə)
n.
Any of several spiny, shrubby or treelike
opuntias having cylindrical stem segments.
[American Spanish, from obsolete Spanish, upper part of the head, possibly from Old French
cholle, round lump, head, of Germanic origin.]
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nopalno•pal noun \nō-ˈpäl, -ˈpal; ˈnō-pəl\
plural
nopals or
no•pal•esDefinition of NOPAL
1 : […]; broadly :
prickly pear[…]
Origin of NOPAL
Spanish, from Nahuatl
nohpalliFirst Known Use: 1730
http://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?...no•pal (nō-päl, nōpəl)
n. pl.
no•pal•es (-pälĕs) also
no•pals (-pəlz)
1. Any of various cacti having edible stems, especially the
prickly pears.
[…]
[American Spanish, from Nahuatl
nohpalli.]
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/...tuna²
Line breaks: tuna
Pronunciation: /ˈtjuːnə /
NOUN
North American
1 The edible fruit of a prickly pear cactus.
2 A
prickly pear cactus, widely cultivated in Mexico for its edible fruit.
Genus
Opuntia, family Cactaceae: many species, […]
Origin
mid 16th century: via Spanish from Taino.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tuna¹
tu•na noun \ˈtü-nə\
Definition of TUNA
1 : any of various flat-jointed
prickly pears (genus
Opuntia); […]
[…]
Origin of TUNA
Spanish, from Taino
First Known Use: circa 1555
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/e...²
tuna (ˈtjuːnə)
Definitions
noun
1. any of various tropical American
prickly pear cacti, […]
[…]
Word Origin
C16: via Spanish from Taino
http://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?...tu•na ² (tnə, ty-)
n.
1. Any of several
prickly pears, […].
[…]
[American Spanish, from Taíno.]
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/430...Opuntia, largest genus of the family Cactaceae, native to the New World, with some 200 species. It has characteristic glochidia—small bristles with backward-facing barbs in the areoles. (These barbs are difficult to remove from human skin.) The genus is divided into subgroups based on the form of the stem segments. Some
Opuntia have cylindrical joints, called
cholla; the remaining
Opuntia are
prickly pear, composed of flat joints, stem segments arising one from the end of another. Some botanists advocate dividing the two subgroups into separate genera.
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http://www.diegruenewelt.de/pflanze/items/fei...Feigenkaktus (
Opuntia): Pflege & Vermehrung
http://blumen.esotericplus.com/14-59-10.htmOpuntia •
Feigenkaktushttp://books.google.com/books?id=VtYnAAAAYAAJ...Handbuch der Laubholz-Benenung. Systematische und alphabetische Liste aller in Deutschland ohne oder unter leichtem Schutz im freien Lande ausdauernden Laubholzarten und Formen mit ihren Synonymen
Ernst Schelle, Hermann Zabel (P. Parey, 1903), S. 351
Opuntia Miller 1752,
Feigenkaktus.
http://www.wissen.de/rechtschreibung/feigenkaktusFei|gen|kak|tus 〈m., –, –te|en〉 eine Kaktee mit roten, fleischigen Früchten (Kaktusfeigen); Syn.
Opuntiehttp://www.wissen.de/lexikon/feigenkaktusFeigenkaktusOpuntiaGattung der Kaktusgewächse. […]
http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/FeigenkaktusFeigenkaktus, der
[…]
Bedeutung
Opuntiehttp://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpuntienDie
Opuntien (
Opuntia) sind eine Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Kakteengewächse (Cactaceae).
http://www.dwds.de/?qu=OpuntieOpuntiefem., -, -n
Herkunft Griechisch
Kaktus mit verzweigten Sprossen, dicken, fleischigen Gliedern und kräftigen Dornen
http://www.wissen.de/fremdwort/opuntieOpụn|tie 〈[–tsjə] f.; –, –n; Bot.〉
Feigenkaktus, Gattung der Kaktusgewächse mit flachen, zuweilen rot od. bräunlich gefärbten Gliedern, von der einige Arten essbare Früchte tragen:
Opuntia [nach der altgrch. Stadt
Opus]
http://www.wissen.de/rechtschreibung/opuntieOpụn|tie 〈[–tsjə] f. 11〉 →
Feigenkaktus [nach der altgriech. Stadt
Opus, Gen.
Opuntos]
http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/OpuntieOpuntie, die
[…]
Bedeutung
(in vielen Arten verbreiteter) baum- oder strauchartiger Kaktus mit kleinen, rasch abfallenden Blättern und meist gelben oder roten trichterförmigen Blüten;
Feigenkaktus
