a cactus of a genus that comprises the prickly pears 仙人掌属植物
Genus Opuntia, family Cactaceae 仙人掌属,仙人掌科
语源
early 17th cent.: from Latin, a name given to a plant growing around Opus (stem Opunt-), a city in Locris in ancient Greece. The term was later used as a genus name