"Nopal" is a word in ENGLISH
A cactaceous plant (Nopalea cochinellifera), originally
Mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which it is
collected. The name is sometimes given to other species of Cactaceae.
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Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.
Read the complete definitionA columnar cactaceous plant of the West Indies (Cereus Swartzii).
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