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  • noun Plural form of pitahaya.

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Examples

  • As the Seri have been assimilated, younger generations have already forgotten that pitahayas are even edible.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • As the Seri have been assimilated, younger generations have already forgotten that pitahayas are even edible.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • As the Seri have been assimilated, younger generations have already forgotten that pitahayas are even edible.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • Silent dogs trotted in-and-out under the train, women, their faces wrapped in their blue rebozos, came to offer tortillas folded in a cloth to keep them warm, or pulque in an earthenware mug, or pieces of chicken smothered in red, thick, oily sauce; or oranges or bananas or pitahayas, anything.

    The Plumed Serpent 2003

  • The great _pitahayas_ were in bloom, and their white flowers looked well against the ugly, stiff green branches.

    In Indian Mexico (1908) Frederick Starr 1895

  • _Tunas_ and _pitahayas_ are fruits of different species of cactus.

    The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Mayne Reid 1850

  • 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 1850

  • The huge pitahayas, gleaming in the red light, looked like columns of stone; and upon these the eyes of the cibolero were now turned.

    The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Mayne Reid 1850

  • The biggest difficulty she has are blights that affect the pitahayas, or dragon fruits.

    Kiva Loans 2009

  • Agradece a Afodenic por las oportunidades de crédito y asistencia técnica lo cual ha mejorado sus cultivos y ha establecido una manzana más de piña y ½ de pitahayas.

    Kiva Loans 2009

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