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dragon fruit
or drag·on·fruit
[ drag-uhn froot ]
noun
- 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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dragon fruit1
First recorded in 1960–65; probably a loan translation from a Southeast Asian language
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