Opuntia

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Post-classical Latin opuntia, a plant from Opus (Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς (Opoûs)), a city in Locris. === Proper noun === Opuntia f A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – prickly pears. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Cactaceae - family; Opuntioideae - subfamily; Opuntieae - tribe ==== Hyponyms ==== For species see Opuntia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or Opuntia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ==== Derived terms ==== Cylindropuntia Opuntiaceae (now Cactaceae) ==== Descendants ==== → English: opuntia → Russian: опу́нция (opúncija) === References === Opuntia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Opuntia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Opuntia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Opuntia at USDA Plants database “Opuntia, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2004.