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单词 pitaya
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pitaya

noun

pi·​taya pə-ˈtī-ə How to pronounce pitaya (audio)
variants or pitahaya
ˌpi-tə-ˈhī-ə How to pronounce pitaya (audio)
plural pitayas or pitahayas
1
: any of several erect, sprawling, or vining cacti (as of the genera Selenicereus, Hylocereus, or Sternocereus) of Central and South America and Mexico that have large colorful fruits : dragon fruit sense 2
… he was enthusiastic about the prospects of the pitahaya, which is grown in Central America and in Asia, where it's known as dragon fruit. John Seabrook
2
: the large, usually red, yellow, or white oval or oblong fruit of a pitaya that typically has leathery skin with prominent scaly spikes and a juicy flesh with many tiny black seeds : dragon fruit sense 1
Native to Central and South America, where it's called pitaya or pitahaya, the fruit traveled to Southeast Asia with the French more than a century ago. A. R. Williams

Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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