Definitions
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- noun plurale tantum The leaves of a
prickly pear cactus, as used in Mexican cooking.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I suspect that the whitewash route, using nopales, is less common down here due to the lack of nopales.
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I suspect that the whitewash route, using nopales, is less common down here due to the lack of nopales.
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I suspect that the whitewash route, using nopales, is less common down here due to the lack of nopales.
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Growing nopales is a huge industry -- both cottage and otherwise -- here in Mexico, and nopales are a staple vegetable in the food supply.
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Drain nopales and add remaining three ingredients.
Nopales Salad 2003
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Drain nopales and add remaining three ingredients.
Nopales Salad 2003
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Both the leaves, known as nopales, and the purple fruit that give the plant the name of prickly pear are eaten widely and are available in grocery stores and ethnic markets (or, if you have sturdy gloves and a sharp knife, all around here).
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Both the leaves, known as nopales, and the purple fruit that give the plant the name of prickly pear are eaten widely and are available in grocery stores and ethnic markets (or, if you have sturdy gloves and a sharp knife, all around here).
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The most shocking aspect of a Mexican market (besides, perhaps, the edible oddities) is the produce: thickets of dark, thorny cactus petals called nopales, mountains of tropical fruits unfamiliar to me, dunes of dried legumes and freshly ground chilli powder.
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Both the leaves, known as nopales, and the purple fruit that give the plant the name of prickly pear are eaten widely and are available in grocery stores and ethnic markets (or, if you have sturdy gloves and a sharp knife, all around here).
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