Little prickly pear: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Little prickly pear in English is the name of a plant defined with Opuntia fragilis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cactus fragilis Nutt. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Contributions from the United States National Herbarium (1896)
· Taxon (1982)
· The Genera of North American Plants (1818)
· Phytologia (1982)
· Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1856)
· Genera Plantarum (1789)
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