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noun, masculine

xoconostle

/xokoˈnostle/

noun, masculine/xokoˈnostle/plural: xoconostles

a species of prickly pear cactus, Opuntia matudae, native to Central Mexico; the acidic fruit of this cactus

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xoconōchtli (“sour prickly pear”), from xococ (“something sour”) + nōchtli (“prickly pear”).