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Definition of Nopales
1. Noun. (plurale tantum) The leaves of a prickly pear cactus, as used in Mexican cooking. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nopales
1. nopal [n] - See also: nopal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nopales
Literary usage of Nopales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Read & Understand Poetry, Grades 4-5 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers (2005)
"Record student responses in a word web like this one: owls nopales prickly pears
coyotes ... Tell students that nopales are a kind of cactus plant. ..."
2. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"The other symbols of American Republics have the same defect, for there are
diverse nations which have eagles, nopales, &c. In the pictures of serpents, ..."
3. History of Mexico by Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Thomas Savage, Joseph Joshua Peatfield (1888)
"... its lifo aad habits after being transferred to the nopales, or plantations of
the cat-tin on which it is nourished, and the drying process by which it ..."
4. History of California by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1885)
"N. to source of nopales Cr. ; 0 1. N. to mouth of same stream in sloughs extending
NE 17th, explorations of the plains about the mouths of the great rivers ..."
5. Resources of the Pacific Slope: A Statistical and Descriptive Summary of the by John Ross Browne (1869)
"... kinds of nopales,_but inferior to those of Mexico in size and quality of fruit.
Of the last the missionaries carried to the peninsula various kinds, ..."
6. The American Monthly Magazine (1837)
"What particularly struck us was the immense number of nopales that grew in and
around these gardens, bearing quantities of flowers and fruit in different ..."
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