noun
- a prickly pear cactus, especially one used as food
Usage: from Spanish
Examples
- The nopal is a common ingredient in Mexican cuisine.
- She grilled the nopal paddles with onions and peppers.
- Nopal can be eaten raw in salads or cooked as a vegetable.
- The farmer harvested fresh nopal from his cactus garden.
- Many health food stores now sell nopal supplements.
- The restaurant’s specialty dish featured tender nopal strips.