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.

Origin of dragon fruit

1
First recorded in 1960–65; probably a loan translation from a Southeast Asian language

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British Dictionary definitions for dragon fruit

dragon fruit

noun
  1. another name for pitahaya

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