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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OPUNTIA

O *pun "ti *a, n. Etym: [NL. ] (Bot. )

Defn: A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig.

New American Oxford Dictionary

opuntia

o pun tia |ōˈpənSH (ē )ə oʊˈpənʃ (i )ə | ▶noun a cactus of a genus that comprises the prickly pears. [Genus Opuntia, family Cactaceae. ] ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin, a name given to a plant growing around Opus (stem Opunt- ), a city in Locris in ancient Greece. The term was later used as a genus name.

Oxford Dictionary

opuntia

opuntia |ɒˈpʌnʃɪə, ə (ʊ )-| ▶noun a cactus of a genus that comprises the prickly pears. ●Genus Opuntia, family Cactaceae. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin, a name given to a plant growing around Opus (stem Opunt- ), a city in Locris in ancient Greece. The term was later used as a genus name.