| 词汇 | prickly-pear |
| 释义 | prickly pear noun[ C ] uk /ˌprɪk.əl.i ˈpeər/ us /ˌprɪk.əl.i ˈper/ a type of cactus (= desert plant) that has oval fruit with sharp spines on them仙人果 Danita Delimont/Gallo Images/GettyImages Common plants African violet agave aloe aloe vera alpine strawberry dianthus dichondra dieffenbachia dill weed dracaena liquorice loganberry maidenhair fern maize mandrake sorrel sotol sow thistle Spanish moss spearmint You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Types of fruit Examples of prickly pearprickly pear The fruit of the pricklypear cactus is eaten by people and the cactus leaves are eaten by cattle after their spines have been burned off. Other common names for this plant include black-spined pricklypear, long-spine pricklypear, purple pricklypear, and redeye pricklypear. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Trees include oak, pricklypear, mahogany, kapok tree, pine, and guanacaste. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The pricklypear can spread and diminish the area for bird's nesting sites. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The driest hilltops even support pricklypear cactus. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The landscape of the park is hilly, with many cedar, live oak, pricklypear cacti, and yuccas. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In this region, bears occasionally move to more open areas to feed on pricklypear cactus. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Longhorn cactus beetles feed on chollas and pricklypear cacti, and are known to feed on saguaro seedlings. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is sometimes called the sprawling pricklypear due to its short stems and habit of growing close to the ground. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His other interests included reducing sand erosion, promoting wattle cultivation for the tanning industry, and control (or utilisation) of pricklypear. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These were in turn surrounded by hedges of pricklypear or cactus, making them strong natural places of defence. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Several of the men died on this expedition from eating pricklypear. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Most culinary uses of the term pricklypear refer to this species. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Other potential nesting sites range from desert plants such as mesquite, pricklypear, yucca to occasional occurrences of oak and pine trees. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It may be flavoured with pricklypear fruit. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of prickly pear These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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