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Definition: Prickly Pear |
Prickly PearNoun1. Cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock. 2. Round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Food & Agriculture | A large pear-shaped pickly fruit growing on a cactus of the genus Opuntia, native to arid regions of America, bearing barbed bristles. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: Prickly PearSynonym: prickly pear cactus (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Prickly Pear |
| English words defined with "prickly pear": Cactaceous ♦ Indian fig ♦ Opuntia tuna ♦ Pimpillo ♦ tuna. (references) |
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Screenplays | Look at me I'm a prickly pear. (Leaving Las Vegas; writing credit: Mike Figgis) | |
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 | A prickly pear cactus in flower. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve. Prickly pear cactus at the marsh's edge. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | A barbed-wire fence, Prickly pear cacti, and a cow in the background. Credit: Beth Perault. |  | A flower in bloom on a Prickly Pear cactus. Credit: Unknown. |
 | Prickly Pear cacti grow all over the Agua Fria National Monument. Credit: Christine Tincher. |  | Another Prickly Pear Cactus in bloom in the Agua Fria National Monument. Credit: Chris Tincher. |
 | A scene with Prickly Pear cacti in the foreground and mountains in the background. Credit: Chris Tincher. |  | A desert tree and Prickly Pear cacti. Credit: Chris Tincher. |
 | A large tree and some prickly pear cacti on the foreground. Credit: Chris Tincher. |  | A flower blooming on a Prickly Pear cactus. Credit: Chris Tincher. |
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Expression using "prickly pear": prickly pear cactus. 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 |
prickly pear | 112 |
prickly pear cactus | 77 |
prickly pear juice | 13 |
prickly pear margarita | 8 |
prickly pear jelly | 7 |
prickly pear recipe | 5 |
prickly pear tea | 4 |
prickly pear syrup | 3 |
prickly pear wine | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "prickly pear"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | fik deti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | صبار (cactus), شجرة التين الشوكي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ядивен плод на вид кактус. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kaktusfigen (Indian fig, tuna), indisk figen (Indian fig, tuna). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | woestijnvijg (Indian fig, tuna), kaktusvijg (Indian fig, tuna), cactusvijg (Indian fig, tuna), bloedvijg (Indian fig, tuna), Barbarijse vijg (barbary fig tree, Indian fig, Indian fig tree, nopal, prickly pear cactus, tuna). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | viikunaopuntia (Indian fig, tuna), viikunakaktus (barbary fig tree, Indian fig, Indian fig tree, nopal, prickly pear cactus, tuna). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | figue de barbarie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Stachelfeige (Indian fig, tuna), Kaktusfeige (Indian fig, tuna). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φραγκόσυκο (Indian fig, tuna). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fügekaktusz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fico d'india (barbary fig tree, Indian fig, Indian fig tree, nopal, prickly pear cactus, tuna). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | peer jialgagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | icklypray earpay figo-do-inferno, figo de cacto (Indian fig, tuna), figo da India (Indian fig, tuna). (various references) опунция (prickly bear). (various references) plod kaktusa za jelo. (various references) higo chumbo (Indian fig, tuna). (various references) sí-hlehle. (various references) kaktusfikon (Indian fig, tuna), fikonkaktus (barbary fig tree, Indian fig tree, nopal, prickly pear cactus). (various references) frenk inciri (nopal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Opuntia, Opuntia ficus-indica. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-k-l-p-p-r-r-y" | |
-3 letters: crappier, creakily, crippler, pericarp. | |
-4 letters: applier, caliper, clapper, clayier, clipper, crapper, crappie, cripple, epicarp, larkier, perkily, prelacy, prepack, pricker, prickle, prickly, raylike, reapply, replica, rippler. | |
-5 letters: aerily, cakier, calker, capper, carpel, carper, carrel, clypei, crappy, creaky, crikey, eclair, epical, irreal, kerria, kipper, lacier, lacker, lackey, lakier, lapper, larker, licker, lipper, packer, packly, palier. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 72 69 63 6B 6C 79 50 65 61 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01101001 01100011 01101011 01101100 01111001 00100000 01010000 01100101 01100001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r i c k l y   P e a r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0069 0063 006B 006C 0079 0050 0065 0061 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50847569777891250716784 |
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