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Nopalea
- noun - a genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers
Nopalry
- - A plantation of the nopal for raising the cochineal insect.
Nuptial
- adjective - of or relating to a wedding; "bridal procession"; "nuptial day"; "spousal rites"; "wedding cake"; "marriage vows"
Oophore
- - An alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous plants, as ferns, mosses, and the like, which bears antheridia and archegonia, and so has sexual fructification, as contrasted with the sporophore, which is nonsexual, but produces spores in countless number. In ferns the oophore is a minute prothallus; in mosses it is the leafy plant.
Oophyte
- - Any plant of a proposed class or grand division (collectively termed oophytes or Oophyta), which have their sexual reproduction accomplished by motile antherozoids acting on oospheres, either while included in their oogonia or after exclusion.
Oppidan
- - Of or pertaining to a town.
Opposed
- verb - act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to everything I say"
- be against; express opposition to; "We oppose the ban on abortion"
- be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"
- being in opposition or having an opponent; "two bitterly opposed schools of thought"
- contrast with equal weight or force
- fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
- set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"
Opposer
- noun - someone who offers opposition
Opposes
- verb - act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to everything I say"
- be against; express opposition to; "We oppose the ban on abortion"
- be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"
- contrast with equal weight or force
- fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
- set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"