dragon fruit

American  

[drag-uhn froot] / ˈdræg ən ˌfrut /

Or dragonfruit

noun

dragon fruits plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dragon fruits
  plural

Etymology

Origin of dragon fruit

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

Example Sentences

Those include rival Rogue’s mango-flavored pouches and Velo’s wild berry and dragon fruit flavors.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

One quirk of dragon fruit farming is that its flowers only bloom at night and into the early hours of the morning.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

McDonald’s recently tested Sprite with lemon-vanilla syrup and dragon fruit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2024

My skin feels prickly, like the spikes from a dragon fruit are rolling up and down my arm.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya