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dragon fruit
[ drag-uhn froot ]
noun
- 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.
dragon fruit
noun
- another name for pitahaya
Word History and Origins
Origin of dragon fruit1
Example Sentences
The sapphire, the color of ripe dragon fruit, is cut in such a way that it appears to contain multitudes.
Then, to see whether the seeds remained intact after being digested, the researchers fed silver dragon fruits to three kinds of invertebrates—camel crickets, rough woodlice, and earwigs—and examined their feces under a microscope.
A cocktail menu will be added soon, with Asian-inspired drinks such as a dragon fruit margarita along with the trendy espresso martini.
The farm also grows ice cream beans, persimmons, pomegranates, passion fruit, dragon fruit, cherimoyas and caviar limes in soil that has become more fertile from the biodiversity of crops.
Thai and Indonesian officials fed the animals bananas and dragon fruit while they were being displayed inside their crates at the Bangkok airport before they were taken onto the plane.
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