nopal

名词 n.
/ˈnəʊpəl/    /noʊˈpɑl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A prickly pear cactus from the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera; the edible pads (fleshy leaves) of the cactus, considered as food.
    — They rode up through cholla and nopal, a dwarf forest of spined things, through a stone gap in the mountains and down among blooming artemisia and aloe.

词形变化

nopals plural nopal plural

词源

From Spanish nopal, from Classical Nahuatl nohpalli (“Opuntia cactus”). Compare nopales.
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