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Definition of Pitayas
1. pitaya [n] - See also: pitaya
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pitayas
Literary usage of Pitayas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico by John Russell Bartlett (1854)
"The entrance from south to north is formed by the island of Pajaros on the east,
and by the islands of San Vicente and pitayas and the main land on the west ..."
2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1859)
"The entrance from S to N. is formed by the island of Pajaros on the E, and by
the islands San Vicente and pitayas rl the mainland on the ..."
3. Border States of Mexico: Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua and Durango. With a by Leonidas Le Cenci Hamilton (1881)
"... and the islands of San Vicente, pitayas, and Tierra Firma on the west. There is
also another entrance, called Boca Chica, formed by the island of ..."
4. Border States of Mexico: Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua and Durango ; with a by Leonidas Le Cenci Hamilton (1883)
"... the islands of San Vicente, pitayas, and Tierra Firma on the west. There is
also another entrance, called Boca Chica, formed by the island of ..."
5. Cactaceœ of Northeastern and Central Mexico Together with a Synopsis of the by William Edwin Safford (1909)
"... in northern Mexico, and their spiny edible fruits " pitayas." The two most
common about ..."
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