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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 Vietnamesethanh 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.[1][2]
The fruit of certain cacti of the genus (Stenocereus (syn. Hylocereus) spp.), 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.
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2019.
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