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Pit`a`ha´ya

(Bot.) A cactaceous shrub (Cereus Pitajaya) of tropical America, which yields a delicious fruit.

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Noun	1.	pitahaya - cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit Acanthocereus pentagonus, Acanthocereus tetragonus, pitahaya cactus pitahaya - highly colored edible fruit of pitahaya cactus having bright red juice; often as large as a peach cactus - any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines
	2.	pitahaya - highly colored edible fruit of pitahaya cactus having bright red juice; often as large as a peach edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh Acanthocereus pentagonus, Acanthocereus tetragonus, pitahaya, pitahaya cactus - cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit

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Acanthocereus pentagonus Acanthocereus tetragonus cactus edible fruit pitahaya cactus			A close relative of Epiphyllum is the vining pitaya cactus (Hylocereus and Selenicereus species), whose so-called dragon fruit have attractive magenta or yellow skin, and whose flavor varies from bland to magnificent, depending on the cultivar. GARDENING CACTUS FRUIT EDIBLE BUT NOT ALL IS TASTY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Sunday Travel with host David Yetman and Mexican ecologist Alberto Burquez to an area southwest of Guadalajara, Mexico where locals celebrate an annual festival dedicated to tasty pitaya cactus fruit. SCIENCE FARE by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) The red pitaya (Hylocereus undatus Haw) is a cactaceous species native to the Americas, being found in Costa Rica, Venezuela, Panama, Uruguay, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. Development of seedlings of red pitaya (Hylocereus undatus Haw) in ... by de Andrade, Aparecida Renata; Martins, Antonio Baldo Geraldo; Silva, Marco Tulio Habib / Acta Scientiarum Agronomy (UEM)			pit bull pit bull terrier Pit coal pit disaster Pit frame Pit head Pit kiln Pit martin pit of the stomach Pit River pit run Pit saw pit stop pit viper pit worker pit-a-pat Pit-hole pit-prop pit-run gravel pit-sawn pita Pitahaya pitahaya cactus pitanga pitapat Pitaya Pitcairn Island pitch pitch accent Pitch and pay pitch and putt Pitch and toss pitch angle pitch apple pitch black pitch blackness Pitch chain pitch circle Pitch coal pitch contour pitch cylinder Pitch farthing pitch for pitch in pitch into Pitch Lake Pitch line Pitch of a plane Pitch of a roof Pitch of poles pitch on			pita pita pita Pita bread Pita bread PITAC Pitaevskii, Lev Pitaevskii, Lev Petrovich PITAG Pitagoras Pitagoras pitahaya pitahaya cactus pitahayas PITAHC Pitaka Pitaka PITAN pitanga pitapat pitapats pitapatted pitapatting Pitar Pitar Pitareti Pitarra Pitas Pitas Pitas Pitaya PITB Pitbull terrier Pitbulls in the Nursery PITBY PITC Pitcairn Pitcairn Island Pitcairn Island Pitcairn Island Pitcairn Island Amateur Radio Association Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands Study Group Pitcairn, John Pitcairn-Monroeville Sportsman Club pitch pitch pitch pitch pitch pitch pitch Pitch & Putt

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