nopalry
(ˈnəʊpəlrɪ)
Also -ery.
[f. nopal + -ry, after Sp. nopalera, F. nopalerie, nopalière.]
A plantation of nopals where the cochineal-insect is bred.
| α 1783 Justamond tr. Raynal's Hist. Indies III. 352 A spot thus planted, and distinguished by the name of Nopalry, is usually no more than one or two acres in extent. 1789 J. Anderson Corr. Introd. Cochineal Insects (1791) 4 The establishment of a public Nopalry. 1861 Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. iii. i. 75 In 1853, in the province of Algiers alone, there were fourteen nopalries. |
| β 1815 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. I. x. 323 They plant their nopaleries in cleared ground on the slopes of mountains or ravines. 1866 Treas. Bot. 792/2 Plantations for rearing the cochineal insect..are called nopaleries. 1876 [see nopal 1]. |