How To Use Opuntia In A Sentence
- The principal species are xerophytic and include the cactus species Bursera graveolens, Croton scouleri, Brachycereus nesioticus, Jasminocereus thouarsii (R) and Opuntia echios ssp. Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador
- The nopal (or prickly pear) cactus, Opuntia ficus-indica, is native to the United States and grown widely on the African continent, Mexico and other developing countries.
- Water movement and diel cycles of internal water distribution between water-storage hydrenchyma and photosynthetic chlorenchyma has also been demonstrated for A. deserti, Ferocactus acanthodes and Opuntia ficus-indica.
- Opuntia robusta var. robusta is a perennial shrubby cactus with a poorly defined trunk made up of thick, orbicular, bluish-green cladodes.
- Halimeda opuntia and Dictyota species occur on the fore reef and the intermediate reef. Coral reefs in Florida
- Residential development on bajadas is eliminating the habitat of bajadas-dependent species such as cholla cacti (Opuntia) and columnar cacti such as saguaro. Sonoran desert
- His graying mustache bristled like the spine needles of the opuntia cactus. Their Dogs Came With Them
- Turtle looked up at the darkness between the wire lines and clothespins and observed the shadow play of the beavertail opuntia cactus on the sheets and thought perhaps they had, the nopal and she, something in common. Their Dogs Came With Them
- The spines grow from an areole covered with glochids, which are tiny, barbed spines characteristic of all Opuntia.
- The cochineal is a parasite of cacti of the genus opuntia, from which it has been harvested in South America since pre-Columbian times. MAKE Magazine
