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Definition: Opuntia |
OpuntiaNoun1. Large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Opuntia" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
Etymology: Opuntia \O*pun"ti*a\, noun. [New Latin]. (Websters 1913) |
"Opuntia" is a common misspelling or typo for: Auntie, Pontiac. |
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Botanical | The fruits are edible. Despined flower buds are roasted, dried, and cooked in stews. Parched seeds are used for thickening soups. The fruits are mixed with Acacia bark to make the beverage called tecuin in Mexico. Vegetative buds may be eaten cooked or dried. The indigestible seeds are ground into meal by northern Indians after they have passed through their bodies. This finds its way into one of the many snakebite remedies. Chewing on cactus fruits and stalks can stave off dehydration in arid climes. (references) |
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Synonym: OpuntiaSynonym: genus Opuntia (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Opuntia |
| English words defined with "Opuntia": genus Opuntia ♦ Opuntia cholla, Opuntia lindheimeri, Opuntia tuna ♦ Prickly pear. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Opuntia": Flora's Dial, FRUIT EDIBLE, RAW, FUCHSIA ARBORESCENS ♦ SNAKEBITE CURES. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Opuntia" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Latin (Prickly pear). |
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 | Medium shot of Opuntia. Credit: John Craig. |  | Closeup shot of Opuntia. Credit: John Craig. |
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Expressions using "Opuntia": genus Opuntia ♦ Opuntia cholla ♦ Opuntia cochinellifera ♦ Opuntia Dillenii ♦ Opuntia lindheimeri ♦ Opuntia Tuna ♦ Opuntia vulgaris. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
opuntia | 53 |
opuntia ficus indica | 12 |
opuntia humifusa | 7 |
opuntia cactus | 6 |
basilaris opuntia | 3 |
microdasys opuntia | 3 |
engelmannii opuntia | 3 |
fragilis opuntia | 3 |
imbricata opuntia | 3 |
opuntia tuna | 3 |
erinacea opuntia | 3 |
opuntia streptacantha | 3 |
compressa opuntia | 3 |
nopal opuntia | 2 |
opuntia quimilo | 2 |
aciculata opuntia | 2 |
halimeda opuntia | 2 |
opuntia rastrera | 2 |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Opuntia": opuntias. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Opuntia" (pronounced 'O*pun"ti*a'): Aconitia, Acontia, Actinozoa, Amentia, Asitia, Coloquintida, Comitia, Constantia, Fodientia, Gallimatia, Hyperoartia, inertia, militia, minutia, Penultima, Petalosticha, Phocodontia, Poinsettia, Primitia, Pteranodontia, Reptantia, Respondentia, Rodentia, Rondeletia, Ruminantia, Strontia, Thecodontia, Utia, Utica. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: utopian. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-n-o-p-t-u" | |
-1 letter: utopia. | |
-2 letters: inapt, input, paint, panto, patin, patio, piano, pinot, pinta, pinto, piton, point, punto, puton, unapt. | |
-3 letters: anti, atop, aunt, auto, into, iota, naoi, nipa, nota, pain, pant, pian, pina, pint, pion, pita, pout, puna, punt, tain, topi, tuna, unai, unit, unto, upon. | |
-4 letters: ain, ait, ani, ant, apt, ion, nap, nip, nit. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-n-o-p-t-u" | |
+1 letter: opuntias, outpaint, pupation, utopians. | |
+2 letters: abruption, outpacing, outpaints, plutonian, pulsation, pupations, purgation, rainspout, supinator. | |
+3 letters: abruptions, amputation, assumption, autopsying, copulating, copulation, deputation, euphoriant, imputation, nonutopian, occupation, outleaping, outpainted, outpassing, outpatient, outplaying, outpraying, peculation, populating, population, precaution, pulsations, punctation, purgations, rainspouts, reputation, supination, supinators, usurpation, utopianism. | |
+4 letters: amputations, antipopular, aponeurotic, assumptions, computation, copulations, cupellation, cuspidation, deputations, disputation, duplication, euphoriants, exculpation, expurgation, importunate, imputations, inculpation, inculpatory, juxtaposing, manipulator, mountaintop, neuropathic, occupations, outcapering, outpainting, outpatients, outplanning, outspanning, outspeaking, parturition, peculations, permutation, populations, postnuptial, postulating, postulation, precautions, procuration, proteinuria, publication, pullulation, punctations, punctuation, pustulation, repudiation, reputations, speculation, spiculation, sporulating, sporulation, stipulation, supernation, supinations, suppuration, suspiration, uncaptioned, unimportant, unpatriotic, unpolitical, usurpations, utopianisms. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 70 75 6E 74 69 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- .--. ..- -. - .. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110000 01110101 01101110 01110100 01101001 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O p u n t i a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0070 0075 006E 0074 0069 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)49828780867567 |
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