Prickly pear may refer to:
Opuntia, a genus of cacti producing a fruit known as the prickly pear Opuntia ficus-indica, the species which is the most common culinary source of prickly pear fruits Consolea, a genus of cacti including species formerly classified in Opuntia Prickly Pear (British Virgin Islands), the name of an island Prickly pears in Australia, an invasive plant problem Prickly Pears (film), a 1981 Italian comedy film