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- noun
dragon fruit
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Examples
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Edgar Valdivia, 70, escorted visitors through his shady San Fernando Valley backyard to show off spiky, pink dragon fruit, which is also known as a pitaya (pih-TIE'-yuh) or pitahaya
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The fruit with the crimson skin and black seeds is dragon fruit (Hylocereus cacti ) by the way, also known as pitaya (and there’s a wikipedia article on it under that name).
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The name Sinaloa, incidentally, is thought to derive from cinaro (pitaya or cactus).
El Fuerte in Sinaloa, Mexico, was once the capital of Arizona 2009
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The name Sinaloa, incidentally, is thought to derive from cinaro (pitaya or cactus).
El Fuerte in Sinaloa, Mexico, was once the capital of Arizona 2009
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Locals call some of the smaller cacti "pitayas," in reference to their sweet, pitaya fruit, "chilillos," referring to the tiny chile pepper-like fruit, or chivitos (literally, "little goats").
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Locals call some of the smaller cacti "pitayas," in reference to their sweet, pitaya fruit, "chilillos," referring to the tiny chile pepper-like fruit, or chivitos (literally, "little goats").
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Fruit is often used in preserves and desserts, including pears cooked in cinnamon and sugar syrup, walnut brittle, cakes topped with marmalade, and pitaya (cactus fruit) gelatin.
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Fruit is often used in preserves and desserts, including pears cooked in cinnamon and sugar syrup, walnut brittle, cakes topped with marmalade, and pitaya (cactus fruit) gelatin.
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Much lesser known, but undoubtedly a delicacy among the Mexican fruits is the pitaya.
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The region has native fruits like araticum, buriti, cagaita, ingá, jatobá, magaba, pitaya, pitomba and pequi that are eaten regionally but are often little known in the rest of Brazil.
Chris McGowan: The Importance of Being Cerrado: Brazil's Other Huge, Endangered Ecosystem 2009
bilby commented on the word pitaya
Tropical fruit native to Central America. Also known as pithaya, dragon fruit, thanh long. Botanical name Hylocerus spp..
March 27, 2008