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pitahaya


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pitahaya  \Pit`a*ha"ya\,  n.  [Sp.,  prob.  from  the  native  name.] 
  (Bot.) 
  A  cactaceous  shrub  ({Cereus  Pitajaya})  of  tropical  America, 
  which  yields  a  delicious  fruit. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pitahaya 
  n  1:  cactus  of  the  southwestern  United  States  and  northern  Mexico 
  having  edible  juicy  fruit  [syn:  {pitahaya  cactus},  {Acanthocereus 
  tetragonus},  {Acanthocereus  pentagonus}] 
  2:  highly  colored  edible  fruit  of  pitahaya  cactus  having  bright 
  red  juice;  often  as  large  as  a  peach 




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