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no⋅pal

[noh-puhl, noh-pahl, -pal]
–noun
1. any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
2. the fruit of such a cactus, or of a similar cactus, as the prickly pear.

Origin:
1720–30; < MexSp < Nahuatl nohpalli
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no·pal   (nō'pəl, nō-päl', -pāl')   
n.  
  1. Any of various cacti of the genera Nopalea or Opuntia, including the prickly pear and similar species.

  2. The fleshy, oval, edible pad of such a cactus.


[American Spanish, from Nahuatl nopalli.]
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