different between opuntia vs nopal

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?nti?/

Noun

opuntia (plural opuntias)

1. Opuntia, a genus of cactus that includes such cacti as the prickly pear and xoconostle.

Translations

Anagrams

• Utopian, utopian

Finnish

Noun

opuntia

1. opuntia (flower)

Declension

Anagrams

• utopian

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.p??.sja/

Noun

opuntia m (plural opuntias)

1. opuntia (flower)

Further reading

• “opuntia” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /no??p?l/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??p?l/

Noun

nopal (plural nopals or nopal)

1. A prickly pear cactus from the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera; the edible pads (fleshy leaves) of the cactus, considered as food.
   • 2010, Vincent Morelli, Roger Zoorob, Integrative Medicine in Primary Care, Part II, Elsevier Health Sciences, page 245,

     Nopal is a prickly pear native to arid areas of North and South America. […] Nopal is high in fiber, vitamins, protein, and mucilage.

Synonyms

• (cactus of genus Opuntia): prickly pear
• (edible pads of the cactus): nopales

Translations

Anagrams

• Plano, Polan, onlap, plano-

Romanian

Etymology

From French nopal.

Noun

nopal m (uncountable)

1. nopal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl nohpalli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no?pal/, [no?pal]

Noun

nopal m (plural nopales)

1. nopal (plant)

   Synonyms: chumbera, higuera chumba, higuera de Indias, higuera de pala, higuera de tuna

2. nopal (vegetable, nopal plant pads)

   Synonyms: tuna, nopalitos

Derived terms

• nopaleda
• nopalera
• nopalito

Descendants

• English: nopal

Further reading

• “nopal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.