Found 2 items, similar to nopal.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: nopal
nopal
n 1: cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits [syn:
Opuntia lindheimeri
]
2: any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly
pears
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Nopal
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[ae].
[1913 Webster]