nopal

/noh-puhl, noh-pahl, -pal/US // ˈnoʊ pəl, noʊˈpɑl, -ˈpæl //UK // (ˈnəʊpəl) //

椰菜,凤梨树,椰果,凤尾竹

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- : the fruit of such a cactus, or of a similar cactus, as the prickly pear.

Several plantations of nopal, or cactus, were laid out, and the first harvest was gathered in 1858.
Illness may also result from small stones, or the spine of the nopal placed in the body by the same agency.
In the central part of the country they use a spear made of a thin reed and tipped with thorns of the nopal.
The "nopal" or prickly pears have been rooted up, as well as most of the vines and figs.
"I think he is going to make an offering of the new bow to Chinigchinich," answered Nopal.