"dragon fruit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɹæɡ.ən ˌfɹuːt/ [UK] Forms: dragon fruits [plural]
Etymology: From dragon + fruit; most likely a calque or literal translation of a term in a Southeast Asian language (compare Chinese 火龍果/火龙果 (huǒlóngguǒ, literally “fiery dragon fruit”). Initial English texts cite Vietnamese thanh long; however, this was constructed differently, being a Sino-Vietnamese term for "Azure Dragon" (青龍) re-used to reference the green, "unripe" color of the fruit. First attributed in 1963. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dragon|fruit}} dragon + fruit, {{cog|zh|火龍果|lit=fiery dragon fruit}} Chinese 火龍果/火龙果 (huǒlóngguǒ, literally “fiery dragon fruit”), {{cog|vi|thanh long}} Vietnamese thanh long, {{l|vi|青龍}} 青龍 Head templates: {{en-noun}} dragon fruit (plural dragon fruits)
  1. The fruit of certain cacti of the genus Hylocereus, cultivated in Southeast Asia and Central and South America, having cerise-pink- or yellow-coloured skin and a white or pink sweet fleshy interior with black seeds. Wikipedia link: Azure Dragon Categories (lifeform): Cacti, Fruits Synonyms: dragonfruit Synonyms (fruit of certain cacti): pitaya, strawberry pear, thanh long Translations (fruit): draakvrug (Afrikaans), pitaja (Afrikaans), فَاكِهَة تِنِّين (fākihat tinnīn) [feminine] (Arabic), পিতায়া (pitaẏa) (Bengali), пита́я (pitája) [feminine] (Bulgarian), နဂါးမောက် (na.ga:mauk) (Burmese), နဂါးမောက်သီး (na.ga:mauksi:) (Burmese), chacha (Central Huasteca Nahuatl), 火龍果 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 火龙果 (hóe-liông-kó, hé-liông-kó) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 火龍果 (Chinese Cantonese), 火龙果 (fo² lung⁴ gwo²) (Chinese Cantonese), 火龍果 (Chinese Mandarin), 火龙果 (huǒlóngguǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), 龍珠果 (Chinese Mandarin), 龙珠果 (lóngzhūguǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), tzaponochtli (Classical Nahuatl), drakenvrucht [feminine] (Dutch), pitaya [masculine] (Dutch), chacha (Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl), drakofrukto (Esperanto), pitahaya (Finnish), pitaya (Finnish), fruit du dragon [masculine] (French), pitaya [feminine, masculine] (French), pitahaya [feminine, masculine] (French), pitaia [feminine] (Galician), Drachenfrucht [feminine] (German), Pitahaya [feminine] (German), Pitaya [feminine] (German), φρούτο του δράκου (froúto tou drákou) [neuter] (Greek), ડ્રેગનફ્રુટ (ḍregnaphruṭ) (Gujarati), પિતાયા (pitāyā) (Gujarati), 火龍果 (Hakka Chinese), 火龙果 (fó-liùng-kó) (Hakka Chinese), pitaja (Hungarian), buah naga (Indonesian), dragantoradh [masculine] (Irish), bidxí (Isthmus Zapotec), frutto del drago [masculine] (Italian), ドラゴンフルーツ (doragonfurūtsu) (Japanese), ピタヤ (pitaya) (Japanese), woh naga (Javanese), ಡ್ರ್ಯಾಗನ್ ಹಣ್ಣು (ḍryāgan haṇṇu) (Kannada), питахайя (pitaxaiä) (Kazakh), ស្រការនាគ (srɑɑkaaniək) (Khmer), ស្រកានាគ (srɑɑkaa niək) (Khmer), 용과 (yonggwa) (Korean), 피타야 (pitaya) (Korean), питайя (pitayaˤ) (Lak), ໝາກມັງກອນ (māk mang kǭn) (Lao), pitaija [feminine] (Latvian), ᦶᦂᧁᧉᦙᧂᦂᦸᧃ (k̇aew²mangk̇oan) (), buah naga (Malay), ഡ്രാഗൺ പഴം (ḍrāgaṇ paḻaṁ) (Malayalam), луу жимс (luu žims) (Mongolian), pitaja [feminine] (Polish), smoczy owoc [masculine] (Polish), pitaia [feminine] (Portuguese), rainha-da-noite [feminine] (Portuguese), dama-da-noite [feminine] (Portuguese), пита́йя (pitájja) [feminine] (Russian), пита́хайя (pitáxajja) [feminine] (Russian), питаха́йя (pitaxájja) [feminine] (Russian), драко́ний фрукт (drakónij frukt) [masculine] (Russian), pitaja [feminine] (Slovene), fruta del dragón [feminine] (Spanish), pitahaya [feminine] (Spanish), buah naga (Sundanese), drakfrukt (Swedish), pitaya (Swedish), pitahaya (Swedish), pitaya (Tagalog), டிராகன் பழம் (ṭirākaṉ paḻam) (Tamil), పిటాయ (piṭāya) (Telugu), แก้วมังกร (gɛ̂ɛo-mang-gɔɔn) (Thai), ಡ್ರ್ಯಾಗನ್ ಪರ್ಂದ್ (ḍryāganŭ parndŭ) (Tulu), pitaya (Turkish), питайя (pitaja) (Udmurt), пітахайя (pitaxajja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), пітайя (pitajja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), thanh long (Vietnamese), tsatsaʼ (Wastek), chacha (Western Huasteca Nahuatl), питайя (pitaja) (Western Mari), woob (Yucatec Maya)

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          "roman": "froúto tou drákou",
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          "roman": "ḍregnaphruṭ",
          "sense": "fruit",
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          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "pitāyā",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "પિતાયા"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "pitaja"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "fruit",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "fruit",
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          "word": "dragantoradh"
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          "sense": "fruit",
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          "word": "frutto del drago"
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          "roman": "doragonfurūtsu",
          "sense": "fruit",
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "pitaya",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "ピタヤ"
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          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "woh naga"
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          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "ḍryāgan haṇṇu",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "ಡ್ರ್ಯಾಗನ್ ಹಣ್ಣು"
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          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "pitaxaiä",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "питахайя"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "srɑɑkaaniək",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "ស្រការនាគ"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "srɑɑkaa niək",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "ស្រកានាគ"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yonggwa",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "용과"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "pitaya",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "피타야"
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          "roman": "pitayaˤ",
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          "roman": "māk mang kǭn",
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          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "buah naga"
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          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "ḍrāgaṇ paḻaṁ",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "ഡ്രാഗൺ പഴം"
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          "lang": "Mongolian",
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          "sense": "fruit",
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          "word": "rainha-da-noite"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "fruit",
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          "word": "dama-da-noite"
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          "roman": "pitájja",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пита́йя"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pitáxajja",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пита́хайя"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pitaxájja",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "питаха́йя"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "drakónij frukt",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "драко́ний фрукт"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pitaja"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fruta del dragón"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pitahaya"
        },
        {
          "code": "su",
          "lang": "Sundanese",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "buah naga"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "drakfrukt"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "pitaya"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "pitahaya"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "pitaya"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "ṭirākaṉ paḻam",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "டிராகன் பழம்"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "piṭāya",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "పిటాయ"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gɛ̂ɛo-mang-gɔɔn",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "แก้วมังกร"
        },
        {
          "code": "tcy",
          "lang": "Tulu",
          "roman": "ḍryāganŭ parndŭ",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "ಡ್ರ್ಯಾಗನ್ ಪರ್ಂದ್"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "pitaya"
        },
        {
          "code": "udm",
          "lang": "Udmurt",
          "roman": "pitaja",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "питайя"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pitaxajja",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пітахайя"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pitajja",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пітайя"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "thanh long"
        },
        {
          "code": "hus",
          "lang": "Wastek",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "tsatsaʼ"
        },
        {
          "code": "yua",
          "lang": "Yucatec Maya",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "woob"
        },
        {
          "code": "nch",
          "lang": "Isthmus Zapotec",
          "sense": "fruit",
          "word": "bidxí"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Azure Dragon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɹæɡ.ən ˌfɹuːt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dragon fruit"
}
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "drakenvrucht",
            "clq": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: drakenvrucht (calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: drakenvrucht (calque)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "แก้วมังกร",
            "clq": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: แก้วมังกร (gɛ̂ɛo-mang-gɔɔn) (calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: แก้วมังกร (gɛ̂ɛo-mang-gɔɔn) (calque)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dragon",
        "3": "fruit"
      },
      "expansion": "dragon + fruit",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "火龍果",
        "lit": "fiery dragon fruit"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese 火龍果/火龙果 (huǒlóngguǒ, literally “fiery dragon fruit”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "thanh long"
      },
      "expansion": "Vietnamese thanh long",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "青龍"
      },
      "expansion": "青龍",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From dragon + fruit; most likely a calque or literal translation of a term in a Southeast Asian language (compare Chinese 火龍果/火龙果 (huǒlóngguǒ, literally “fiery dragon fruit”). Initial English texts cite Vietnamese thanh long; however, this was constructed differently, being a Sino-Vietnamese term for \"Azure Dragon\" (青龍) re-used to reference the green, \"unripe\" color of the fruit. First attributed in 1963.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dragon fruits",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dragon fruit (plural dragon fruits)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (genus)",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Mongolian terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:Cacti",
        "en:Fruits"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The fruit of certain cacti of the genus Hylocereus, cultivated in Southeast Asia and Central and South America, having cerise-pink- or yellow-coloured skin and a white or pink sweet fleshy interior with black seeds."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cacti",
          "cacti"
        ],
        [
          "fleshy",
          "fleshy"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Azure Dragon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɹæɡ.ən ˌfɹuːt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "fruit of certain cacti",
      "word": "pitaya"
    },
    {
      "sense": "fruit of certain cacti",
      "word": "strawberry pear"
    },
    {
      "sense": "fruit of certain cacti",
      "word": "thanh long"
    },
    {
      "word": "dragonfruit"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "draakvrug"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "pitaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fākihat tinnīn",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "فَاكِهَة تِنِّين"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "pitaẏa",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "পিতায়া"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pitája",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пита́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "na.ga:mauk",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "နဂါးမောက်"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "na.ga:mauksi:",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "နဂါးမောက်သီး"
    },
    {
      "code": "nch",
      "lang": "Central Huasteca Nahuatl",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "chacha"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "火龍果"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "fo² lung⁴ gwo²",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "火龙果"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "火龍果"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "fó-liùng-kó",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "火龙果"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "火龍果"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "hóe-liông-kó, hé-liông-kó",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "火龙果"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "火龍果"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huǒlóngguǒ",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "火龙果"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "龍珠果"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lóngzhūguǒ",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "龙珠果"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "drakenvrucht"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pitaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "drakofrukto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "pitahaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "pitaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fruit du dragon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pitaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pitahaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pitaia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Drachenfrucht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pitahaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pitaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "froúto tou drákou",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "φρούτο του δράκου"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "ḍregnaphruṭ",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "ડ્રેગનફ્રુટ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "pitāyā",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "પિતાયા"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "pitaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "buah naga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dragantoradh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "frutto del drago"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "doragonfurūtsu",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "ドラゴンフルーツ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "pitaya",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "ピタヤ"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "woh naga"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "ḍryāgan haṇṇu",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "ಡ್ರ್ಯಾಗನ್ ಹಣ್ಣು"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "pitaxaiä",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "питахайя"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "srɑɑkaaniək",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "ស្រការនាគ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "srɑɑkaa niək",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "ស្រកានាគ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yonggwa",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "용과"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pitaya",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "피타야"
    },
    {
      "code": "lbe",
      "lang": "Lak",
      "roman": "pitayaˤ",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "питайя"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "māk mang kǭn",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "ໝາກມັງກອນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pitaija"
    },
    {
      "code": "khb",
      "lang": "Lü",
      "roman": "k̇aew²mangk̇oan",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "ᦶᦂᧁᧉᦙᧂᦂᦸᧃ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "buah naga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "ḍrāgaṇ paḻaṁ",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "ഡ്രാഗൺ പഴം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mrj",
      "lang": "Western Mari",
      "roman": "pitaja",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "питайя"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "luu žims",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "луу жимс"
    },
    {
      "code": "nch",
      "lang": "Central Huasteca Nahuatl",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "chacha"
    },
    {
      "code": "nci",
      "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "tzaponochtli"
    },
    {
      "code": "nhe",
      "lang": "Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "chacha"
    },
    {
      "code": "nhw",
      "lang": "Western Huasteca Nahuatl",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "chacha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pitaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "smoczy owoc"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pitaia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rainha-da-noite"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dama-da-noite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pitájja",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пита́йя"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pitáxajja",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пита́хайя"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pitaxájja",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "питаха́йя"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "drakónij frukt",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "драко́ний фрукт"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pitaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fruta del dragón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pitahaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "buah naga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "drakfrukt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "pitaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "pitahaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "pitaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "ṭirākaṉ paḻam",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "டிராகன் பழம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "piṭāya",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "పిటాయ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gɛ̂ɛo-mang-gɔɔn",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "แก้วมังกร"
    },
    {
      "code": "tcy",
      "lang": "Tulu",
      "roman": "ḍryāganŭ parndŭ",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "ಡ್ರ್ಯಾಗನ್ ಪರ್ಂದ್"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "pitaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "udm",
      "lang": "Udmurt",
      "roman": "pitaja",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "питайя"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pitaxajja",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пітахайя"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pitajja",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пітайя"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "thanh long"
    },
    {
      "code": "hus",
      "lang": "Wastek",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "tsatsaʼ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yua",
      "lang": "Yucatec Maya",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "woob"
    },
    {
      "code": "nch",
      "lang": "Isthmus Zapotec",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "bidxí"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dragon fruit"
}

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