noun
Usage: usually capitalized I
Etymology: indian (II) 1
1. : banyan
2.
[ indian (II) 2]
a. : any of several plants of the genus Opuntia: as
(1) : a tropical American prickly pear ( Opuntia ficus-indica )
(2) : an eastern No. American prickly pear ( Opuntia compressa )
b. : the edible acid fruit of one of these plants