Definition of prickly pear Prickly pear
prickâ˘ly pear
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What does prickly pear mean?
WordNet
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| prickly pear - cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock | ||
| prickly pear cactus | ||
| cactus any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines | ||
| genus opuntia, opuntia large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears | ||
| prickly pear round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti | ||
| opuntia lindheimeri, nopal any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears | ||
| prickly pear - round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti | ||
| edible fruit edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh | ||
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Wiktionary 
- prickly pear (Noun)
Any of various spiny cacti of the genus , or the fruit, often edible, of such a plant.
