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| o·pun·ti·a [ ō púnshee ə, ō púnshə ] (plural o·pun·ti·as) |
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cactus with brightly colored flowers: a cactus with orange, orange-red, or yellow flowers and oval fruits, e.g. the prickly pear or cholla. Native to: North and South America. Genus Opuntia.
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| [Early 17th century. < modern Latin< Opunt-, stem of Opus, city in Greece] |
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