nopalery

名词 n.
英 /ˈnəʊp(ə)ləɹi/|/ˈnəʊp(ə)lɹi/    美 /ˈnoʊpəˌlɛri/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A plantation of nopal (a prickly pear cactus of the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera) used as food for the cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus), which is raised to produce carmine dye. historical
    — This ſpecies [the wild cochineal] multiplies more readily, ſpreads further and faſter without any aſſiſtance; ſo that a nopalry is ſoon covered with them.

词形变化

nopaleries plural nopalry alternative

词源

From nopal + -ery (suffix forming nouns indicating places of arts, crafts, or practices), modelled after French nopalerie. Nopal is borrowed from Spanish nopal, from Classical Nahuatl nohpalli (“cactus of the genus Opuntia”), from Proto-Uto-Aztecan [Term?].
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