noun
large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears
• Syn: ↑Opuntia
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cactaceae, ↑family Cactaceae, ↑cactus family
• Member Meronyms: ↑prickly pear, ↑prickly pear cactus, ↑cholla, ↑Opuntia cholla
Useful english dictionary. 2012.