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They have a thick, leathery peel dotted with areolas (colored rings, generally at the base of spines in cacti) loaded with irritating glochids.
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The glochids are tiny, nearly microscopic spines with barbs.
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They have a thick, leathery peel dotted with areolas (colored rings, generally at the base of spines in cacti) loaded with irritating glochids.
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The glochids are tiny, nearly microscopic spines with barbs.
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Come learn how to harvest opuntia cactus fruits and extract the juice without turning your hands into a "porcupine" of painful glochids and cactus spines.
Desert News 2009
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Come learn how to harvest opuntia cactus fruits and extract the juice without turning your hands into a "porcupine" of painful glochids and cactus spines.
Desert News 2009
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