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Pos: Noun
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun nopal has 2 senses

1.  nopal(n = noun.plant) opuntia lindheimeri - cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits; Array
is a kind of prickly pear, prickly pear cactus

2.  nopal(n = noun.plant) Array - any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears; Array
is a kind of
cactus
is a member of genus nopalea, nopalea


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

nopal, n. [Mexican nopalli.].

   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 Cactaceæ. [1913 Webster]


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

nopal, n. any American cactus of the genus Nopalea, esp. N. cochinellifera grown in plantations for breeding cochineal.

Etymology:
F & Sp. f. Nahuatl nopalli cactus