pitahaya

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit
noun highly colored edible fruit of pitahaya cactus having bright red juice; often as large as a peach

Early in September, the Chihuahua papers reported a band of 1,000 Yaquis in Sonora about to attack El Anil; a week later 500 Yaquis had seized the former quarters of the federal troops at Pitahaya. — Selected Works of Voltairine de Cleyre, Voltairine De Cleyre
In this surgical process our shirts suffered severely; but the skill of the hunter soothed our swelling limbs, and after a frugal dinner upon palm-nuts and pitahayas we stretched ourselves along the greensward, and were soon asleep. — The Rifle Rangers, Mayne Reid

pitahaya cactus, Acanthocereus tetragonus, Acanthocereus pentagonus

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