opuntia in English

noun
1
a cactus of a genus that comprises the prickly pears.
In contrast to cultivated opuntias, wild opuntias generally do not develop young cladodes when extreme drought conditions prevail; this has been considered an avoidance strategy to prevent water loss.

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1. Prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-Barbarica A

2. Cochineal scale (Dactylopious spp.) bugs are commonly found on cactus of the Opuntia genera of cacti

3. (a) Aerenchyma is found in aquatic plants (Vallisneria, Hydrilla), but Opuntia is a xerophytic plant

4. In the study, the impact of harvest time on total phenolic content, antioxidant activity, and phenolic compounds of prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-Barbarica A

5. The method entails topically applying to inflamed skin, a composition Comprising 0.01wt.% to 0.5wt.% of an aqueous extract of Opuntia ficus-indica tuna, Opuntia ficus-indica nopales, or a combination thereof to reduce TNF-[alpha] or VEGF production in skin cells to treat the inflamed skin, wherein the composition further comprises at least 50wt.% water.

6. 3 The nopal (or prickly pear) cactus, Opuntia ficus-indica, is native to the United States and grown widely on the African continent, Mexico and other developing countries.

7. Adding the suitable quantity juice of opuntia dillenii haw in the process of producing beer(Sentencedict.com), we study and produce a new type of beer with healthy function.

8. anona (Anona spp.), pineapple (Ananas spp.), avocado (Persea spp.), banana (Musa spp.), prickly pear (Opuntia spp.), lychee (Litchi spp.), kiwi (Actinidea spp.), papaya (Carica spp.), mango (Mangifera spp.), guava (Psidium spp.), passion fruit (Passiflora spp

9. Agalinis gattingeri Agalinis skinneriana Ammannia robusta Geum peckii Balsamorhiza deltoidea Buchnera americana Braya longii Cimicifuga elata Trichophorum planifolium Lespedeza virginica Ranunculus alismaefolius var. alismaefolius Opuntia humifusa Coreopsis rosea Cryptantha minima Adiantum capillus-veneris Gentiana alba Panax quinquefolius Tephrosia virginiana

10. The state religion of the Mexica civilization awaited the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy: the wandering tribes would find the destined site for a great city whose location would be signaled by an eagle with a snake in its beak perched atop a cactus (Opuntia).

11. The following crops are for example regarded as subtropical fruit and berry species: anona (Anona spp.), pineapple (Ananas spp.), avocado (Persea spp.), banana (Musa spp.), prickly pear (Opuntia spp.), lychee (Litchi spp.), papaya (Carica spp.), mango (Mangifera spp.), guava (Psidium spp.), passion fruit (Passiflora spp.).

12. The following crops are regarded as subtropical fruit and berry species: anona (Anona spp.), pineapple (Ananas spp.), avocado (Persea spp.), banana (Musa spp.), prickly pear (Opuntia spp.), lychee (Litchi spp.), kiwi (Actinidea spp.), papaya (Carica spp.), mango (Mangifera spp.), guava (Psidium spp.), passion fruit (Passiflora spp.).

13. Brins Mesa Trail (#119) From the Brins Mesa trailhead, the well used, sandy path ascends gradually through well vegetated land, densely covered with pine trees, yucca, juniper, manzanita and opuntia, as it approaches the slopes forming the south edge of the mesa, at the upper end of Mormon Canyon.The gradient increases markedly towards the end though the climb is quite short, and the trail

14. As nouns the difference between tuna and Bonito is that tuna is any of several species of fish, of the genus thunnus , in the family scombridae or tuna can be the prickly pear, a type of cactus native to mexico in the genus opuntia while Bonito is any of various marine fish of the genus (taxlink), that are related to and resemble the tuna.