noun
Botanical term for the specialized cushion-like structure on cacti from which spines, flowers, or new shoots grow.
サボテンの刺座から新しい棘が生えてきた。
New spines grew from the cactus's areole.
刺座はサボテン科植物に特有の器官である。
Areoles are organs unique to plants of the cactus family.