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Definition of Pitahayas
1. pitahaya [n] - See also: pitahaya
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pitahayas
Literary usage of Pitahayas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Resources of the Pacific Slope: A Statistical and Descriptive Summary of the by John Ross Browne (1869)
"There are two species of pitahayas, very different from each other, not only
because one yields a sweet fruit and the other tart, but also because the ..."
2. The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever is Most by Thomas Smith (1804)
"Here he resided for some time, the inferior spirits,' his attendants, supplying
him with pitahayas, fish, and other provisions, whilst he was employed in ..."
3. American Indian Life by Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons (1922)
"The pitahayas are ripe!" shouted and sang Jose with the other children, while
their elders prepared to desert their villages and repair to the heights where ..."
4. Articles on Anthropological Subjects: Contributed to the Annual Report of by Charles Rau (1882)
"In describing the pitahayas,* I have already stated that they contain a great
many small seeds resembling grains of powder. For some reason unknown to me ..."
5. Annual Report by Smithsonian Institution (1864)
"to remain permanently in the mission, excepting during the time when the pitahayas
are gathered. I saw one day a blind man, seventy years of age, ..."
6. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"There were also many species of cactus; and among others several which yielded
pitahayas, the most important wild fruit produced in the country. ..."
7. The Earth: A Descriptive History of the Phenomena of the Life of the Globe by Elisée Reclus (1873)
"Only a few pitahayas, like gigantic wax candles, stand solitarily at considerable
distances from each other. Their trunks, which rise to the height of from ..."
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