cactus fruit
Spiny desert produce
The edible fruit of a cactus plant, especially the prickly pear.
Cactus fruits typically have a sweet, juicy interior surrounded by a tough skin covered in spines or fine hairs that must be removed before eating.
They appear in Latin American and Mediterranean cuisines: The market sold fresh cactus fruit alongside mangoes and papayas.
- prickly pearSpine-covered cactus, edible fruit
- agua frescaSweetened fruit-infused beverage
- pitayaCactus-borne tropical fruit
- vitamin CEssential water-soluble antioxidant
- sabraSpiny fruit or local
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