pitahaya

IPA: pˈɪtʌhˈɑjʌ

Examples of "pitahaya" in Sentences

Aguas are made from guava, pitahaya, pineapple, guarapo (sugar cane juice) and other local fruit.
The dark red, spiny fruit of the organ cactus, the pitahaya is used in savory sauces or eaten fresh.
Preserves and marmalades of quince, figs and peaches, as well as the native pitahaya, are specialties of Durango.
They were evidently so enamored of the pitahaya cactus that they picked the seeds out of their feces and ate them again.
Especially impressive are some massive specimens of cardón, pitahaya (one reckoned to be more than 500 years old) and garambullo.
"pitahaya" (_Cereus giganteus_), with columnar shafts and straight upright arms, like the branches of gigantic candelabra; the echino-cacti, too -- those huge mammals of the vegetable world, resting their globular or egg-shaped forms, without trunk or stalk, upon the surface of the earth.