prickly pear

English

Prickly pear.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɪkli ˈpɛː/

Noun

prickly pear (plural prickly pears)

Any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia.
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 (tiin šuuki)
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

Greek: φραγκοσυκιά (el) f (fragkosykiá)
Irish: piorra deilgneach m
Italian: fico d'India (it) m
Macedonian: опунтија f (opúntija)
Navajo: hosh niteelí
Portuguese: figueira-da-Índia f
Quechua: tuna
Spanish: higo chumbo m, tuna (es) 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

Italian: fico d'India (it) m
Navajo: hosh bineestʼąʼ
Portuguese: figo-da-Índia m
Russian: опу́нция (ru) f (opúncija)
Swedish: kaktusfikon n
Yucatec Maya: k'i'ix chak pak'aal

Further reading

prickly pear on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Opuntia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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