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‖ pitahaya|pitaˈhaja|
[Sp., a. Haitian pitahaya (Humboldt).]
Name (in Mexico and South-Western U.S.) for the giant cactus (Cereus giganteus) or other tall species bearing edible fruit.
1783Justamond tr. Raynal's Hist. Indies III. 390 The most useful is the pitahaya, the produce of which constitutes the principal food of the Californians. 1851Mayne Reid Scalp Hunt. xxiii, The pitahaya fell to the ground. 1852Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. I. 328. 1901 Tweedie Mexico xv. 253 Pitahaya, a giant cactus which bears fruit about the size of a peach.
b. attrib. pitahaya-woodpecker, a species of woodpecker (Centurus uropygialis) in southern Arizona, usually nesting in the giant cactus. |