Meaning & use
prickly pear margarita mix
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Meaning
noununcountable
A bottled or homemade mixture used to make margaritas, flavored with the fruit of the prickly pear cactus.
Grammar: Used as an uncountable noun: buy some prickly pear margarita mix; not 'a prickly pear margarita mix' unless you mean a brand or bottle.
Patterns
- a bottle of prickly pear margarita mix
- make margaritas with prickly pear margarita mix
For the party, we bought a bottle of prickly pear margarita mix.
This prickly pear margarita mix is sweet and slightly tart.
You can make your own prickly pear margarita mix by blending cactus fruit with lime and sugar.
Common combinations
- bottle of prickly pear margarita mix
- She grabbed a bottle of prickly pear margarita mix from the shelf.
- homemade prickly pear margarita mix
- The bar is known for its homemade prickly pear margarita mix.
- prickly pear margarita mix recipe
- I found a great prickly pear margarita mix recipe online.
Synonyms and how they differ
- margarita mix
- Margarita mix is the general term; prickly pear margarita mix is specifically flavored with prickly pear.
Commonly confused: prickly pear margarita mix or prickly pear?
prickly pear margarita mix vs prickly pear
Prickly pear is the cactus fruit itself; prickly pear margarita mix is a drink mixture made with that fruit.
Practice
What is 'prickly pear margarita mix'?
Choose one answer.
'Prickly pear margarita mix' is a mixture used to make margaritas, flavored with prickly pear. A prickly pear is the cactus fruit, not the mix itself.
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