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1 pitahaya
(Sp. model spelled same [pitája], of Caribbean origin)Carlisle: 1848. A generic name for various organ-pipe cacti, especially the Lemaireocereus thurberi (Watts notes that the Mexicans call this plant pitahaya dulce) and the Carnegia gigantea or saguaro, often depicted in illustrations of the Old West and cowboying. Santamaría glosses it as the common name given to several cacti of the genera Cereus, Pachycereus, Lamaireocereus, and others, as well as to the fruit produced by these plants. The cacti are native to tropical regions of the Americas and, similar to the nopal or "prickly pear cactus," grow in prolonged stalks without leaves. Most have three wings and ribs, and the plants are often gigantesque and herbaceous, and are covered with small acicular spines along the ridges of the plant. The spines may be navel-shaped or in small axillary bundles. The flowers of the plant are large and extremely showy. They may be salmon-colored, yellow, or white and generally open only at night and exude a fragrant aroma. They grow on the ends of the stalks, frequently in a tubulated calyx with a corolla formed of wide hanging petals.
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Lemaireocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Britton & Rose — Symbol STTH3 Synonym Symbol LETH5 Botanical Family Cactaceae … Scientific plant list
Lemaireocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Britton & Rose — Symbol STTH3 Synonym Symbol LETH5 Botanical Family Cactaceae … Scientific plant list
Stenocereus thurberi — Orgelpfeifenkaktus Orgelpfeifenkaktus Systematik Klasse: Dreifurchenpollen Zweikeimblättrige (Rosopsida) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Stenocereus thurberi — Stenocereus thurberi … Wikipedia Español
Orgelpfeifenkaktus — (Stenocereus thurberi) Systematik Eudikotyledonen Kerneudikotyledonen … Deutsch Wikipedia
organ-pipe cactus — noun Date: 1908 any of several tall upright cacti (as Lemaireocereus thurberi or L. marginatus) of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico that usually branch at the base to form several upright stems … New Collegiate Dictionary
Семейство кактусовые (Cactaceae) — Кактусы ассоциируются в нашем сознании с чем то колючим, толстым и необычным. Внешнее несходство с другими растениями сразу же привлекло к ним первых мореплавателей, вступивших на Американский материк. Как диковины природы их стали… … Биологическая энциклопедия
cacto — (Del lat. cactos < gr. kaktos, hoja espinosa.) ► sustantivo masculino BOTÁNICA Denominación de diversas plantas crasas y perennes, con tallos globosos, cilíndricos o divididos en paletas ovaladas con espinas o pelos. TAMBIÉN cactus * * * cacto … Enciclopedia Universal
pitaya — s f 1 Fruto generalmente comestible, semejante a la tuna, de colores amarillo, morado, rojo, etc, de sabor agridulce, que se usa para preparar bebidas refrescantes o nieve; pitahaya 2 Planta cactácea de diferentes especies que produce este fruto … Español en México
organ-pipe cactus — /awr geuhn puyp / a treelike or columnar cactus, Lemaireocereus marginatus, of Mexico, having a central, erect spine surrounded by spreading spines in clusters of five to eight, and funnel shaped, brownish purple flowers. [1905 10] * * * ▪ plant… … Universalium
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