Crossword-Solution: OPUNTIA
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Opuntia | n. | A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| OPUNTIA | anagram | UTOPIAN |
We have 10 clues for the answer “OPUNTIA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Cactus flower | 1 answer |
| Prickly pear genus | 1 answer |
| large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears | 1 answer |
| Sabra | 2 answers |
| Prickly pear cactus. | 2 answers |
| cacti | 3 answers |
| JOSEPH, coat of | 4 answers |
| type of cactus | 5 answers |
| prickly pear | 5 answers |
| Cactus | 18 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with OPUNTIA (5)
The prickly pear cactus, or Indian fig, of the genus Opuntia is a common as well as a numerous family.
The cholla, or cane cactus, is also a species of Opuntia, but its stem or leaf is long and round instead of short and flat.
Naturally it can be made from either _Opuntia Fiscus-Indica_ or _Opuntia Tuna_, but a combination of these two gives the salad an exquisite appearance and a tiny touch more delicious flavor, because Tuna, which is red, has to my taste a trifle richer and fuller flavor than Indica, which is yellow.
Masters, on the other hand, states that the _Opuntia leucotricha_ “is well clothed with beautiful white hairs when grown in a damp heat, but in a dry heat exhibits none of this peculiarity.”[26] Slight variations of many kinds, not worth specifying in detail, are retained only as long as plants are grown in certain soils, of which Sageret[27] gives some instances from his own experience.
The first was built in the lobe of a torch-thistle as thick as my leg; the second rested on a stalk of the opuntia, the Indian fig.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1974).