nopal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: nopal	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for nopal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nopal n cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits [syn: nopal, Opuntia lindheimeri] any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nopal \No"pal\, n. [Mexican nopalli.] (Bot.) A cactaceous plant ({Nopalea cochinellifera}), originally Mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which it is collected. The name is sometimes given to other species of {Cactace[91]}.