prickly pear

短语

[医] 仙人掌

发音

US
UK /ˌpɹɪkli ˈpɛː/

词形变化

prickly pears 复数 prickly pears

别名

prickly pear cactus

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia.

    仙人掌

  2. 2.

    The fruit, often edible, of such a plant.

    仙人掌果

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

prickly pear cactus

上位词 1

cactus

下位词 2

tuna nopal

整体词 1

prickly pear cactus

词源

From prickly + pear, from the nature of the plant's fruit, which, like the cactus it grows on, has spines on its surface.

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