Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several cacti of the Americas that bear edible fruit, such as the saguaro.
- noun The fruit of any of these plants.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any tall columnar cactus bearing edible fruit, as Cereus giganteus, the giant cactus, and C. Thurberi. Also
pitajaya .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A cactaceous shrub (
Cereus Pitajaya ) of tropical America, which yields a delicious fruit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
dragon fruit
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun highly colored edible fruit of pitahaya cactus having bright red juice; often as large as a peach
- noun cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The dark red, spiny fruit of the organ cactus, the pitahaya is used in savory sauces or eaten fresh.
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"pitahaya" (_Cereus giganteus_), with columnar shafts and straight upright arms, like the branches of gigantic candelabra; the echino-cacti, too -- those huge mammals of the vegetable world, resting their globular or egg-shaped forms, without trunk or stalk, upon the surface of the earth.
The Rifle Rangers Mayne Reid 1850
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Especially impressive are some massive specimens of cardón, pitahaya (one reckoned to be more than 500 years old) and garambullo.
Part one - La Paz and El Triunfo: from beaches and baskets to mines, music and marine park 2008
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Especially impressive are some massive specimens of cardón, pitahaya (one reckoned to be more than 500 years old) and garambullo.
Part one - La Paz and El Triunfo: from beaches and baskets to mines, music and marine park 2008
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Preserves and marmalades of quince, figs and peaches, as well as the native pitahaya, are specialties of Durango.
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Preserves and marmalades of quince, figs and peaches, as well as the native pitahaya, are specialties of Durango.
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Aguas are made from guava, pitahaya, pineapple, guarapo (sugar cane juice) and other local fruit.
The Cuisine of Tabasco: Heartland Of Pre-Hispanic Cooking 2004
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Aguas are made from guava, pitahaya, pineapple, guarapo (sugar cane juice) and other local fruit.
The Cuisine of Tabasco: Heartland Of Pre-Hispanic Cooking 2004
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Aguas are made from guava, pitahaya, pineapple, guarapo (sugar cane juice) and other local fruit.
The Cuisine of Tabasco: Heartland Of Pre-Hispanic Cooking 2004
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They were evidently so enamored of the pitahaya cactus that they picked the seeds out of their feces and ate them again.
Almost an Island: Travels in Baja California by Bruce Berger 2003
hernesheir commented on the word pitahaya
Also pitaya and dragon fruit.
May 11, 2010