prickly pear

See also: Prickly Pear

English

Etymology

From prickly +‎ pear, from the nature of the plant's fruit, which, like the cactus it grows on, has spines on its surface.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɪkli ˈpɛː/
Audio (US): (file)
Hyphenation: prick‧ly pear
Rhymes: -ɛː
Homophone: Prickly Pear

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, cactus pear, desert pear

Derived terms

Translations

any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia

Afrikaans: turksvy (af)
Amharic: ቁልቋል በለስ (ḳulḳʷal bäläs)
Arabic: تِين شَوْكِيّ m (tīn šawkiyy), بَلَس m (balas) (Yemen), صُبَّار (ar) m (ṣubbār)
Egyptian Arabic: تين شوكي m (tīn šūkī)

Moroccan Arabic: هندية f (handiyya), كرموس هندي m (karmūs handi)
Catalan: figuera de moro f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 仙人掌 (zh) (xiānrénzhǎng)
Czech: opuncie (cs) f
Dutch: vijgcactus m
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: nehpalli
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: viikunakaktus
French: figuier de Barbarie (fr) m
German: Kaktusfeige (de) f, Feigenkaktus (de) m
Greek: φραγκοσυκιά (el) f (fragkosykiá)
Gujarati: નાગફણી (nāgaphṇī), હાથલો (gu) (hāthlo)
Hebrew: צַבָּר (he) m (tzabár)
Irish: piorra deilgneach m
Italian: fico d'India (it) m, ficodindia (it) m
Japanese: うちわさぼてん (uchiwa saboten)
Kumeyaay: 'ehpaa
Macedonian: опунтија f (opuntija)
Maltese: bajtar tax-xewk m, bajtar tal-Indja m
Nahuatl: nohpalli (nah)
Navajo: hosh niteelí
Polish: opuncja (pl) f
Portuguese: figueira-da-índia f
Punjabi: ਨਾਗਫਨੀ f (nāgphanī)
Quechua: tuna
Russian: колю́чая гру́ша f (koljúčaja grúša), инде́йская смо́ква f (indéjskaja smókva)
Sicilian: ficu d'Innia (scn) f, ficu 'i pala f
Spanish: higo chumbo m, tuna (es) f, nopal (es) m, higuera de pala f, higuera de tuna f
Telugu: నాగజెముడు (te) (nāgajemuḍu)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: opwntia m, gellygen bigog f, peren bigog f

cactus fruit

Afrikaans: turksvy (af)
Amharic: ቁልቋል በለስ (ḳulḳʷal bäläs)
Arabic: تِين شَوْكِيّ m (tīn šawkiyy), بَلَس m (balas) (Yemen), صُبَّار (ar) m (ṣubbār)
Catalan: figa de moro
Chinese:
Mandarin: 仙人掌果 (zh) (xiānrénzhǎngguǒ)
Dutch: cactusvijg (nl) f
Finnish: kaktusviikuna
French: figue de Barbarie (fr) f
German: Kaktusfeige (de) f
Greek: φραγκόσυκο (el) n (fragkósyko)
Irish: piorra deilgneach m
Italian: fico d'India (it) m
Korean: 선인장속 (seoninjangsok)
Ladino: sabra f
Malagasy: raketa (mg), sakafon-drano
Navajo: hosh bineestʼąʼ
Polish: opuncja (pl) f
Portuguese: figo-da-índia m
Russian: опу́нция (ru) f (opúncija), колю́чая гру́ша f (koljúčaja grúša), инде́йская смо́ква f (indéjskaja smókva)
Sicilian: ficu d'Innia (scn) f, ficu 'i pala f
Spanish: higo chumbo m, higo de pala m, higo de tuna m, tuna (es) f
Swedish: kaktusfikon (sv) n
Yucatec Maya: k'i'ix chak pak'aal