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nopal

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no=pal

CIDE DICTIONARY

nopaln. [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

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