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Definition of Nopals
1. nopal [n] - See also: nopal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nopals
Literary usage of Nopals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South by West, Or, Winter in the Rocky Mountains and Spring in Mexico by Rose Georgina Kingsley (1874)
"... boys "—An indigestible meal—Hanging a robber—Irapuato—Molasses candy—Swape
wells—Cereus and nopals—Salamanca—Singing birds—The churches of Celaya—Indian ..."
2. A Biblical and Theological Dictionary: Explanatory of the History, Manners by Richard Watson, Nathan Bangs (1832)
"Here grow some pomegranate trees, and a species of wild tamarind of a bluish
colour : the western angle is quite full of nopals. On the west side may also ..."
3. Elements of medical zoology by Alfred Moquin-Tandon, Robert Thomas Hulme (1861)
"Cultivation.—The Cochineal is found wild in the woods, but it is usually propagated
and reared artificially. A certain number of nopals are planted around ..."
4. An Introduction to Entomology: With Plates. by William Kirby, William Spence (1822)
"In colder climates the semilla is not placed upon the nopals until October or
even December, when it is necessary to shelter the young insects by covering ..."
5. An Introduction to Entomology: Or, Elements of the Natural History of by William Kirby, William Spence (1846)
"In colder climates the semilla is not placed upon the nopals until October or
even December, when it is necessary to shelter the young insects by covering ..."
6. Medical zoology, and mineralogy; or Illustrations and descriptions of the by John Stephenson (1832)
"In colder climates the semilla is not placed upon the nopals until October or
even December, when it is necessary to shelter the young insects by covering ..."
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