name
Meaning 1
An island of the British Virgin Islands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Phrase guide
prickly pear
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌpɹɪk.li ˈpɛə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
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homophone: prickly pear
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UK: /ˌpɹɪkli ˈpɛː/
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rhymes with -ɛː
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homophone: Prickly Pear
noun
Meaning 2
Any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia.
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noun
Meaning 3
The fruit, often edible, of such a plant.
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noun
Meaning 4
round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: edible fruit
noun
Meaning 5
cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prickly pear cactus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cactus
Narrower terms: nopal, Opuntia lindheimeri, tuna, Opuntia tuna
History
Etymology
The island is named for the prickly pear (“Opuntia sp.”) plants which grow on it.
From prickly + pear, from the nature of the plant's fruit, which, like the cactus it grows on, has spines on its surface.
Across languages
Translations
99 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: turksvy — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Amharic: ቁልቋል በለስ (ḳulḳwal bäläs) — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Arabic: تِين شَوْكِيّ (tīn šawkiyy) — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Arabic: بَلَس (balas) — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Arabic: صُبَّار (ṣubbār) — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Arabic: تين شوكي (tīn šūkī) — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Arabic: هندية (handiyya) — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Arabic: كرموس هندي (karmūs handi) — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Bulgarian: кактусова смокиня (kaktusova smokinja) — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Bulgarian: опу́нция (opúncija) — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Catalan: figuera de moro — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Chinese Mandarin: 仙人掌 (xiānrénzhǎng) — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Czech: opuncie — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Dutch: vijgcactus — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Esperanto: opuntio — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Finnish: viikunakaktus — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- French: figuier de Barbarie — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- German: Kaktusfeige — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- German: Feigenkaktus — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Greek: φραγκοσυκιά (fragkosykiá) — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Greek: οπούντια (opoúntia) — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Gujarati: નાગફણી (nāgaphṇī) — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Gujarati: હાથલો (hāthlo) — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Hebrew: צַבָּר (tzabár) — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Irish: piorra deilgneach — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Italian: fico d'India — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Italian: ficodindia — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Japanese: うちわさぼてん (uchiwa saboten) — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- K'iche': nochti' — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Kumeyaay: 'ehpaa — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Macedonian: опунтија (opuntija) — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Maltese: bajtar tax-xewk — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Maltese: bajtar tal-Indja — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Nahuatl: nohpalli — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: nehpalli — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Navajo: hosh niteelí — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Polish: opuncja — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Portuguese: figueira-da-índia — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Punjabi: ਨਾਗਫਨੀ (nāgphanī) — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Quechua: tuna — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Russian: колю́чая гру́ша (koljúčaja grúša) — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Russian: инде́йская смо́ква (indéjskaja smókva) — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Scottish Gaelic: peur-stobach — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Serbo-Croatian: опунција — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Serbo-Croatian: opuncija — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Sicilian: ficu d'Innia — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Sicilian: ficu 'i pala — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Slovene: opuncija — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Spanish: higo chumbo — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Spanish: tuna — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Spanish: nopal — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Spanish: higuera de pala — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Spanish: higuera de tuna — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Swedish: fikonkaktus — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Tashelhit: aknari — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Telugu: నాగజెముడు (nāgajemuḍu) — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Unami: mahtaksën — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Welsh: opwntia — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Welsh: gellygen bigog — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Welsh: peren bigog — any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia
- Afrikaans: turksvy — cactus fruit
- Amharic: ቁልቋል በለስ (ḳulḳwal bäläs) — cactus fruit
- Arabic: تِين شَوْكِيّ (tīn šawkiyy) — cactus fruit
- Arabic: بَلَس (balas) — cactus fruit
- Arabic: صُبَّار (ṣubbār) — cactus fruit
- Bulgarian: кактусова смокиня (kaktusova smokinja) — cactus fruit
- Catalan: figa de moro — cactus fruit
- Chinese Mandarin: 仙人掌果 (xiānrénzhǎngguǒ) — cactus fruit
- Dutch: cactusvijg — cactus fruit
- Finnish: kaktusviikuna — cactus fruit
- French: figue de Barbarie — cactus fruit
- German: Kaktusfeige — cactus fruit
- Greek: φραγκόσυκο (fragkósyko) — cactus fruit
- Irish: piorra deilgneach — cactus fruit
- Italian: fico d'India — cactus fruit
- K'iche': nochti' — cactus fruit
- Korean: 선인장속 (seoninjangsok) — cactus fruit
- Ladino: sabra — cactus fruit
- Malagasy: raketa — cactus fruit
- Malagasy: sakafon-drano — cactus fruit
- Navajo: hosh bineestʼąʼ — cactus fruit
- Polish: opuncja — cactus fruit
- Portuguese: figo-da-índia — cactus fruit
- Russian: опу́нция (opúncija) — cactus fruit
- Russian: колю́чая гру́ша (koljúčaja grúša) — cactus fruit
- Russian: инде́йская смо́ква (indéjskaja smókva) — cactus fruit
- Serbo-Croatian: индијска смоква — cactus fruit
- Serbo-Croatian: indijska smokva — cactus fruit
- Sicilian: ficu d'Innia — cactus fruit
- Sicilian: ficu 'i pala — cactus fruit
- Slovene: indijska figa — cactus fruit
- Slovene: indijska smokva — cactus fruit
- Spanish: higo chumbo — cactus fruit
- Spanish: higo de pala — cactus fruit
- Spanish: higo de tuna — cactus fruit
- Spanish: tuna — cactus fruit
- Swedish: kaktusfikon — cactus fruit
- Tashelhit: taknarit — cactus fruit
- Yucatec Maya: k'i'ix chak pak'aal — cactus fruit