Definitions for nopals

nopals no·pal

Spelling: [noh-puh l, noh-pahl, -pal]
IPA: /ˈnoʊ pəl, noʊˈpɑl, -ˈpæl/

Nopals is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 113 anagrams from letters in nopals (alnops).

Definitions for nopals

noun

  1. any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
  2. the fruit of such a cactus, or of a similar cactus, as the prickly pear.

Origin of nopals

1720-30; Mexican Spanish Nahuatl nohpalli

Examples for nopals

"Hush, do not waken mother," said nopal, speaking very softly.

Land of the nopal and maguey—home of Moctezuma and Malinché!

A species, of cactus—the nopal—produces the tuna or Indian fig.

The deep reds of the nopal Coccus have furnished the purple of kings.

Several plantations of nopal, or cactus, were laid out, and the first harvest was gathered in 1858.

The prickly pear "nopal" was the most common, and bore delicious, juicy and refreshing fruit.

Illness may also result from small stones, or the spine of the nopal placed in the body by the same agency.

"We must get away now; Nihie will be back soon to get the offerings," said nopal.

"We must hurry to get in the jacal before father," said nopal, suddenly.

Within a short distance of the hut there were some nopal cactus-plants.

Word Value for nopals
Scrable

7

Words with friends

10

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