Prickly pear: 1 definition
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Prickly pear means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Prickly pear in English is the name of a plant defined with Opuntia ficus-indica 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 compressus Salisb. (among others).
2) Prickly pear is also identified with Opuntia stricta It has the synonym Cactus strictus Haw. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Deutsche Flora. Pharmaceutisch-medicinische Botanik (1898)
· Dizionario etimologico della lingua italiana. (1980)
· Current Science (1980)
· Caryologia (2000)
· Hortus mortolensis (1912)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Prickly pear, for example side effects, diet and recipes, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, health benefits, extract dosage, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Pear.
Ends with: Brittle prickly pear, Common prickly pear, Engelmann prickly pear, Erect prickly pear, Little prickly pear, Mission prickly pear, Sweet prickly pear.
Full-text (+27): Vishvasaraka, Perakuta, Mahakantakini, Shunya, Vidara, Prickly-pear cactus, Erect prickly pear, Brittle prickly pear, Common prickly pear, Plains prickly-pear, Shivaramakalli, Little prickly pear, Mission prickly pear, Pedya, Phanyanivadunga, Engelmann prickly pear, Cappattukkalli, Nagaphani, Hati-kana, Phadyanivadunga.
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Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika) (by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat)
Verse 9.31 < [Chapter 9 - Raja-vidya and Raja-guhya Yoga]
Verse 18.22 < [Chapter 18 - Moksha-sannyasa-yoga]
The Hollow Men: A Re- Vision < [July – September, 1980]
Modernists, Imagists, And Futurists < [September-October 1932]
The Logic of Awareness in T. S. Eliot’s “The Hollowmen” < [April – June, July – September 1978]