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.
Origin of dragon fruit
1First 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
another name for pitahaya
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