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Definition of Pitahaya

Pitahaya
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.

Meaning of Pitahaya from wikipedia

- A pitaya (/pɪˈtaɪ.ə/) or pitahaya (/ˌpɪtəˈhaɪ.ə/) is the fruit of several different cactus species indigenous to the region of southern Mexico and along...
- Selenicereus undatus, the white-fleshed pitahaya, is a species of the genus Selenicereus (formerly Hylocereus) in the family Cactaceae and is the most...
- The Pitahaya is a river located in Pitahaya, a barrio of Luquillo, in Puerto Rico. List of rivers of Puerto Rico U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names...
- costaricensis, synonym Hylocereus costaricensis, known as the Costa Rican pitahaya or Costa Rica nightblooming cactus, is a cactus species native to Central...
- Stenocereus thurberi, the organ pipe cactus, is a species of cactus native to Mexico and the United States. The species is found in rocky desert. Two subspecies...
- South America, where it is known, along with its fruit, by the name of pitahaya. The species is grown commercially for its yellow fruit, but is also an...
- Pitahaya is a barrio in the muni****lity of Arroyo, Puerto Rico. Its po****tion in 2010 was 3,242. Pitahaya was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico...
- consumed. Almost any fleshy cactus fruit is edible. The word pitaya or pitahaya (usually considered to have been taken into Spanish from Haitian creole)...
- cultivated, S. pruinosus and S. thurberi wild. Pitahaya: red pitahaya Hylocereus undatus, yellow pitahaya H. triangularis. Widely cultivated. Peniocereus...
- Pitahaya is a barrio in the muni****lity of Luquillo, Puerto Rico. Its po****tion in 2010 was 4,523. Pitahaya was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico...