dragon fruit

American  

[drag-uhn froot] / ˈdræg ən ˌfrut /

Or dragonfruit

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.

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dragon fruit British  

noun

1. another name for pitahaya

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Etymology

Origin of dragon fruit

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

Example Sentences

I don’t love eating dragon fruit, but I find it to be beautiful.

From Los Angeles Times

The sapphire, the color of ripe dragon fruit, is cut in such a way that it appears to contain multitudes.

From Los Angeles Times

Then, to see whether the seeds remained intact after being digested, the researchers fed silver dragon fruits to three kinds of invertebrates—camel crickets, rough woodlice, and earwigs—and examined their feces under a microscope.

From Science Magazine

The farm also grows ice cream beans, persimmons, pomegranates, passion fruit, dragon fruit, cherimoyas and caviar limes in soil that has become more fertile from the biodiversity of crops.

From Los Angeles Times

Thai and Indonesian officials fed the animals bananas and dragon fruit while they were being displayed inside their crates at the Bangkok airport before they were taken onto the plane.

From Seattle Times