Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A night-blooming climbing cactus (Hylocereus undatus) native to Mexico and Central America, cultivated in tropical regions for its edible fruit.
- noun The fruit of this plant, having red skin covered with large scales and white or pink flesh containing small black seeds.
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- noun The fruit of certain
cacti of the genus Hylocereus, cultivated in Southeast Asia and Central and South America, having cerise-pink or yellow coloured skin and a white or pink sweetfleshy interior with black seeds.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Perhaps partial translation of Chinese terms such as Mandarin huǒlóngguǒ, fire dragon fruit (so called from the appearance of the pads and fruit of the cacti) : huǒlóng, fire dragon (huǒ, fire + lóng, dragon) + guǒ, fruit.]
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yarb commented on the word dragon fruit
See also dragonfruit.
November 22, 2009