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Nopal [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A Plant of the genus Cactus, from which the cochineal is collected in Mexico; Indian fig or raquette. The fruit resembles a fig.

Nopal [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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 Cactaceae.

Nopalries [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Nopalry

Nopalry [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A plantation of the nopal for raising the cochineal insect.