RT journal article T1 Nombres vernáculos de las especies de Opuntia (Cactaceae) en árabe marroquí: Mecanismos de producción de léxico fitonímico en árabe y en español T2 Vernacular names of species of Opuntia (Cactaceae) in Moroccan Arabic: Mechanisms of phytonymic lexicon production in Arabic and Spanish A1 Bustamante Costa, Joaquín A2 Filología K1 Arabic language K1 chumbera K1 Morocco K1 Opuntia K1 vernacular plant name K1 fitonimia vernácula K1 lengua árabe K1 Marruecos AB The languages that extend outside their original floristic sphere develop, to denominate new species, some mechanisms that remain their validity in force when the languages stop their expansion and are stabilized: Spanish and Arabic have gone through a parallel process to create vernacular names of plants before an exotic species: Acquisition of a term also exotic, readaptation of a patrimonial term that acquires a new meaning, or the creation of an entirely new plant name. In the article we analize these mechanisms to denominate American species of the genus Opuntia Mill. in the Moroccan Arabic in parallel with the Spanish. Around sixteen Moroccan vernaculars was mentioned and a hypothesis is raised about the Spanish chumbera (prickly pear cactus) and its cognate oriental Arabic.ubbara/.ubbayra PB CONSEJO SUPERIOR INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS-CSIC SN 0211-1322 YR 2019 FD 2019 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/22619 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/22619 LA spa DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz RD 13-nov-2026