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Definition of Genus opuntia
1. Noun. Large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Cactaceae, Cactus Family, Family Cactaceae
Member holonyms: Prickly Pear, Prickly Pear Cactus, Cholla, Opuntia Cholla
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Opuntia
Literary usage of Genus opuntia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1906)
"The most important collection of the genus Opuntia, and doubtless of other cacti
in this country, is that in the Engelmann Herbarium in the Missouri ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"... referred them to the genus Opuntia, but they more properly belong to the genus
Pereskiopsis, Brit. ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1877)
"Mr. Martindale called attention to the genus Opuntia, the only genus of Cactaceae
found east of the Mississippi in the Northern States. ..."
4. The Fruit of Opuntia Fulgida: A Study of Perennation and Proliferation in by Duncan Starr Johnson (1918)
"In other words, in the genus Opuntia the ovary, in flower and in fruit, may assume
now more, now fewer of the various functions of the vegetative joint. ..."
5. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"... genus opuntia OPUNTIA (classical name used by Pliny). A genus comprising about
one hundred and fifty species of succulent trees and shrubs. ..."
6. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1919)
"The genus Opuntia is the largest of the family, containing 254 species, and has
been divided into three sub-genera, Cylindropuntia ..."
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