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prickly pear

noun
/ˌpɹɪkli ˈpɛː/UK/ˌpɹɪk.li ˈpɛə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From prickly + pear, from the nature of the plant's fruit, which, like the cactus it grows on, has spines on its surface.

  1. derived from pirum
  2. derived from pira
  3. inherited from *peru✻
  4. inherited from pere
  5. inherited from pere
  6. compounded as prickly pear — “prickly + pear”

Definitions

  1. Any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia.

  2. The fruit, often edible, of such a plant.

  3. An island of the British Virgin Islands.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA