Sentence example with the word 'opuntia'

opuntia

Definition n. large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears

Last update: September 24, 2015


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The western dry areas have the old-world leguminous Astragalus and Prosopis (Mesquit), but are especially characterized by the northward extension of the new-world tropical Cactaceae, Mgmmillaria, Cereus and Opuntia, by succulent Amar llideae such as A gave (of which the so-called American aloe is a type), and by arborescent Liliaceae (Yucca).   [Please select]

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(intimate mixture of undetermined species) 1,115 Eschscholtzia mexicana (from spring of 1919) 48 Opuntia (prickly pear, seeds only, no fruits) 10 ----- Total 1,173 Three species represented.   [Please select]

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Martynia altheaefolia (small devil's-horns) 12 Mollugo verticillata (carpetweed) 324 Oenothera primiverus (evening primrose) 15 Opuntia discata (prickly pear) 15 Loeflingia pusilla Tr.'   [Please select]

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Masters, on the other hand, states that the Opuntia leucotricha "is well clothed with beautiful white hairs when grown in a damp heat, but in a dry heat exhibits none of this peculiarity."   [Please select]

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At the left, the length of her page, she drew a gigantic specimen of Opuntia Tuna, covered with flowers, and well-developed specimens of the pears whose coloring ran into the shades of the hedgehog cactus.   [Please select]

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