Definitions for nopal

nopal no·pal

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

Nopal is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 56 anagrams from letters in nopal (alnop).

Definitions for nopal

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 nopal

1720-30; Mexican Spanish Nahuatl nohpalli

Examples for nopal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for nopal
Scrable

7

Words with friends

10

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