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prickly pear
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
prickly pear
(noun)
prickly pear
noun
prickly pear
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of PRICKLY PEAR
[
count, noncount
]
:
a cactus that has yellow flowers and fruits shaped like pears
also
:
the fruit of this plant
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