Definition of "nopal" []

• Any of various cacti of the genera Nopalea or Opuntia, including the prickly pear and similar species. (noun)
• The fleshy, oval, edible pad of such a cactus. (noun)

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• "The nopal is a versatile and healthy vegetable both cooked and green."
• "The edible nopal is actually the young, tender branch of a prickly pear plant."
• "(The nopal is the cactus-like plant with roundish flat appendages full of stickers)."