dragon fruit

or drag·on·fruit

[ drag-uhn froot ]

noun

1. a round or oval fruit produced by any of several cactus species, especially Selenicereus undatus, usually having red, pink, or yellow scaly skin and sweet white or red pulp filled with small black seeds.

dragon fruit

noun

1. another name for pitahaya

Word History and Origins

Origin of dragon fruit¹

First recorded in 1960–65; probably a loan translation from a Southeast Asian language