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