仙人掌科
Nopal \No"pal\, n. [Mexican nopalli.] (Bot.)
A cactaceous plant ({Nopalea cochinellifera}), originally
Mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which
it is collected. The name is sometimes given to other species
of {Cactace[ae]}.
Cactaceae
n : constituting the order Opuntiales [syn: {family Cactaceae},
{cactus family}]