The dark red, spiny fruit of the organ cactus, the pitahaya is used in savory sauces or eaten fresh.    From Wordnik.com.  [The dark red, spiny fruit of the organ cactus, the pitahaya is used in savory sauces or eaten fresh. Esta es la fruta espinosa, de color rojo, del cactus órgano. Se utiliza en salsas saladas o para comerse fresca.] Reference

Aguas are made from guava, pitahaya, pineapple, guarapo (sugar cane juice) and other local fruit.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cuisine of Tabasco: Heartland Of Pre-Hispanic Cooking] Reference

She looked at him once, then turned her back, sat down again, and took a pitahaya from the fruit plate.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plumed Serpent] Reference

Preserves and marmalades of quince, figs and peaches, as well as the native pitahaya, are specialties of Durango.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Food of Durango, Mexico's Wild West] Reference

Especially impressive are some massive specimens of cardón, pitahaya (one reckoned to be more than 500 years old) and garambullo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Part one - La Paz and El Triunfo: from beaches and baskets to mines, music and marine park] Reference

But the most astonishing of these growths was the pitahaya (correct name saguarro), or gigantic columnar cactus, growing to a height of thirty to fifty feet, bearing the fruit on their crowns; a favourite fruit of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference

The pitahaya, often more than thirty feet high and twelve to twenty-four inches diameter, is a fit companion for the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Romance of the Colorado River] Reference

We plucked the pears of the pitahaya, and ate them greedily; we found service-berries, yampo, and roots of the "pomme blanche.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Scalp Hunters] Reference

"'Ee see this, do' ee?" asked the trapper, holding out a small fruit of the cactus pitahaya, which he had just plucked and cleaned of its spikelets.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Scalp Hunters] Reference

Edgar Valdivia, 70, escorted visitors through his shady San Fernando Valley backyard to show off spiky, pink dragon fruit, which is also known as a pitaya (pih-TIE'-yuh) or pitahaya.    From Wordnik.com.  [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference

The small river was Bill Williams Fork, and on striking it Onate began to see the remarkable pitahaya adorning the landscape with its tall, stately columns; and all the strange lowland vegetation followed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Romance of the Colorado River] Reference

Of the cactus, we can mention Opuntia dillenii (tuna) and O. militaris, Harrisia eriofora (pitahaya), H. taetra (jijira), Pilosocereus robinii (miramar), Dendrocereus nudiflorus (aguacate cimarrón), Agave spp. (maguey), Melocactus spp. (erizos) and Leptocereus spp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cuban cactus scrub] Reference

pitahaya, 96.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Indian Mexico (1908)] Reference

Pimentel -- Governor, 351. pineapples, 361. pines, 128, 182, 371. pinguicula, 154. pinolillos, 347. los Pinos, 344, 345. pinto, 47, 332, 353, 361. pitahaya (cactus), 96, 216. pito, 287, 358, 377. plaster prepared, 135. le Plongeon -- Dr. A.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Indian Mexico (1908)] Reference

The golden orange, the ripe pine, the pale-green lime, the juicy grape, the custard-like cherimolla, the zapote, the granadilla, the pitahaya, the tuna, the mamay; with dates, figs, almonds, plantains, bananas, and a dozen other species of fruits, piled upon salvers of silver, were set before us: in fact, every product of the tropical clime that could excite a new nerve of the sense of taste.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rifle Rangers] Reference