Synonyms for prickly pear
prick·ly pear

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1. prickly pearnoun

   Synonyms:
   Indian fig

2. prickly pearnoun

   Any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia, or the fruit, often edible, of such a plant.

   Synonyms:
   Indian fig

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1. prickly pear, prickly pear cactusnoun

   cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock

   Synonyms:
   prickly pear cactus

2. prickly pearnoun

   round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti

   Synonyms:
   prickly pear cactus

Matched Categories

1. • Cactus
   • Edible Fruit

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1. prickly pearnoun

   Synonyms:
   indian fig

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1. T.S. Eliot:

   Here we go round the prickly pear Prickly pear prickly pear Here we go round the prickly pear At five o'clock in the morning.

2. Tom Cech:

   If you don't have irrigation in Colorado -- in the West -- all you're going to grow is probably prickly pear cactus and sagebrush, water is key to that economic growth, not only in Colorado or Western Nebraska, but in California and the West in general.