PITAHAYA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pitahaya mean? 

• PITAHAYA (noun)
  The noun PITAHAYA has 2 senses:

1. cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit

2. highly colored edible fruit of pitahaya cactus having bright red juice; often as large as a peach

  Familiarity information: PITAHAYA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PITAHAYA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acanthocereus pentagonus; Acanthocereus tetragonus; pitahaya; pitahaya cactus

Hypernyms ("pitahaya" is a kind of...):

cactus (any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines)

Meronyms (parts of "pitahaya"):

pitahaya (highly colored edible fruit of pitahaya cactus having bright red juice; often as large as a peach)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Highly colored edible fruit of pitahaya cactus having bright red juice; often as large as a peach

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("pitahaya" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("pitahaya" is a part of...):

Acanthocereus pentagonus; Acanthocereus tetragonus; pitahaya; pitahaya cactus (cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit)