See Also: Opuntia(medicine)
opuntia(dictionary)
opuntia(encyclopedia)

opuntia (iou)



opuntia noun. E17.
[Latin, from Opus (accus. Opuntem) (see below), later used as a genus name: see -IA1.]
Orig., a plant said to grow about the Locrian city of Opus, in Greece. Now, any cactus of the genus Opuntia, which includes the prickly pears.