Pitahaya

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pitahaya \Pit`a*ha"ya\, n. [Sp., prob. from the native name.]
     (Bot.)
     A cactaceous shrub ({Cereus Pitajaya}) of tropical America,
     which yields a delicious fruit.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pitahaya
       n 1: cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico
            having edible juicy fruit [syn: {pitahaya cactus}, {Acanthocereus
            tetragonus}, {Acanthocereus pentagonus}]
       2: highly colored edible fruit of pitahaya cactus having bright
          red juice; often as large as a peach