Opuntia

Opuntia
sp.
Prickly pear (E); Tuna (S). The fruits are edible. Despined flower buds are roasted, dried, and cooked in stews. Parched seeds are used for thickening soups. The fruits are mixed with Acacia bark to make the beverage called tecuin in Mexico. Vegetative buds may be eaten cooked or dried. The indigestible seeds are ground into meal by northern Indians after they have passed through their bodies. This finds its way into one of the many snakebite remedies. Chewing on cactus fruits and stalks can stave off dehydration in arid climes.

EthnoBotanical Dictionary. 2013.

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  • opuntia — [ō pun′shē ə, ō pun′shə] n. [ModL < L (herba) Opuntia, (plant) of Opus, city in LOCRIS] any of a large genus (Opuntia) of cactus plants with red, purple, or yellow flowers, pulpy or dry berries, and fleshy, jointed stems, including the prickly …   English World dictionary

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  • Opuntia — O*pun ti*a, prop. n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Opuntĭa [2] — Opuntĭa, Theil des östlichen Lokris, s.d. A) b) …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Opuntĭa — Haw. (Fackeldistel, Feigendistel), Gattung der Kaktazeen, gegliederte Fettpflanzen mit blattartigen, meist dicken, zylindrischen oder keulenförmigen Gliedern, zuweilen mit kräftigem Stamm, filzigen Areolen in den Achseln abfallender oder… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Opuntia — Opuntia, Feigendistel, s. Cacteae …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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