prickly pear ...

carmel, california -- Opuntia, commonly called prickly pear in the valley along the coast. Prickly pears are also known as tuna (fruit), sabra, nopal (paddle, plural nopales). The genus is named for the Ancient Greek city of Opus, where, according to Theophrastus, an edible plant grew and could be propagated by rooting its leaves. The most common culinary species is the Indian fig opuntia.

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