Nopal

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nopal \No"pal\, n. [Mexican nopalli.] (Bot.)
     A cactaceous plant ({Nopalea cochinellifera}), originally
     Mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which
     it is collected. The name is sometimes given to other species
     of {Cactaceae}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nopal
       n 1: cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits [syn: {Opuntia
            lindheimeri}]
       2: any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly
          pears