英语词汇“nopal cactus”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Any prickly pear cactus of the genus Opuntia (including the former genus Nopalea); esp. O. cochinellifera, formerly cultivated as a food plant of the cochineal insect. More fully nopal cactus.

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1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 193 The tree that beareth this fruite, is named Nopal, and is nothing almost but leaues of a foote broade and round, and three ynches thick.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 46 The name of the tree whereon this fruit groweth is called nopal.

1730 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 265 These Pastles are then placed upon the Plants of the Nopal, or Prickly Indian Fig.

1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) III. 351 This shrub, which is know'n by the name of nopal, or Indian fig, is about five feet high... There are several species of nopal.

1804 R. Percival Acct. Cape of Good Hope 142 The nopal or prickly pear which feeds the cochineal insects, is in abundance.

1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt vi. 81 The negro..led them through a wood of nopals to the hut of an Indian.

1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. i. 73 A certain number of nopals are planted around the houses.

1891 Cent. Mag. Jan. 386 More Nopal hedges were planted, and the old ones extended.

1927 Bot. Gaz. 83 99 Dr. W. J. G. Land found a species of Riccia growing at an altitude of about 2042 m., under a Nopal cactus on an exceedingly arid mountain side near Guanajuato, Mexico.

1949 Time 13 June 35 Their resentment grew when they learned that the Pasco would have a two-foot strip down the middle, planted to nopal and cactus.

1975 Sci. Amer. Jan. 130/3 That survey now maps some 40 square kilometers with each tree plotted.., the maguey plants drawn only by rows and the nopal cactus only by orchards.

1995 enRoute (Air Canada) Feb. 61/1 Others might think of the nopal, a cactus so popular that it appears on the Mexican flag.

单词	nopal cactus
释义	> as lemmas nopal cactus Any prickly pear cactus of the genus Opuntia (including the former genus Nopalea); esp. O. cochinellifera, formerly cultivated as a food plant of the cochineal insect. More fully nopal cactus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > cochineal cactus nopal1578 fig1582 cochineal-tree1697 cochineal fig1785 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 193 The tree that beareth this fruite, is named Nopal, and is nothing almost but leaues of a foote broade and round, and three ynches thick. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 46 The name of the tree whereon this fruit groweth is called nopal. 1730 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 265 These Pastles are then placed upon the Plants of the Nopal, or Prickly Indian Fig. 1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) III. 351 This shrub, which is know'n by the name of nopal, or Indian fig, is about five feet high... There are several species of nopal. 1804 R. Percival Acct. Cape of Good Hope 142 The nopal or prickly pear which feeds the cochineal insects, is in abundance. 1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt vi. 81 The negro..led them through a wood of nopals to the hut of an Indian. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. i. 73 A certain number of nopals are planted around the houses. 1891 Cent. Mag. Jan. 386 More Nopal hedges were planted, and the old ones extended. 1927 Bot. Gaz. 83 99 Dr. W. J. G. Land found a species of Riccia growing at an altitude of about 2042 m., under a Nopal cactus on an exceedingly arid mountain side near Guanajuato, Mexico. 1949 Time 13 June 35 Their resentment grew when they learned that the Pasco would have a two-foot strip down the middle, planted to nopal and cactus. 1975 Sci. Amer. Jan. 130/3 That survey now maps some 40 square kilometers with each tree plotted.., the maguey plants drawn only by rows and the nopal cactus only by orchards. 1995 enRoute (Air Canada) Feb. 61/1 Others might think of the nopal, a cactus so popular that it appears on the Mexican flag. extracted from nopaln. < as lemmas
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