opuntiaceous

O1P3U1N1T1I1A1C3E1O1U1S1

adjective

Belonging to the family Opuntiaceae (now mostly subfamily Opuntioideae in Cactaceae).

Scrabble 16
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectiveopuntiaceous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleterarebiologyBelonging to the family Opuntiaceae (now mostly subfamily Opuntioideae in Cactaceae).

    Early illustrations of opuntiaceous seeds: in his famous "Cactaceae of the Boundary" Engelmann (1859) provided the plate reproduced on the next page illustrating seeds and embryos of various North American (platy-) opuntias and cylindropuntias.

    2002, David R. Hunt, Studies in the Opuntioideae (Cactaceae), page 26

Origin

Opuntiaceae + -ous

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

opuntiaceous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/opuntiaceous

MLA

“opuntiaceous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/opuntiaceous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “opuntiaceous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/opuntiaceous.

Source: opuntiaceous on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.