nopalery

发音

UK /ˈnəʊp(ə)ləɹi/
其它
UK /ˈnəʊp(ə)lɹi/
US /ˈnoʊpəˌlɛri/

词形变化

nopaleries 复数 nopaleries

别名

nopalry

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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.

    历史

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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