nopal

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von nopal im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

{i} frenk inciri

hintinciri

{i} hint inciri

frenkinciri

firavuninciri

Opuntia ficus india

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von nopal im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A prickly pear cactus from the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera

{n} the cochineel fig

The name is sometimes given to other species of Cactaceæ

A cactaceous plant (Nopalea cochinellifera), originally Mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which it is collected

any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits

Silbentrennung

no·pal

Etymologie

[ nO-'päl, -'pal; 'nO-p& ] (noun.) 1730. From Spanish nopal, from Nahuatl nopalli (“Opuntia cactus”). Compare nopales.