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Tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind
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durion
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind [syn: durian , durian tree , Durio zibethinus ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Durian \Du"ri*an\, or Durion \Du"ri*on\, n. (Bot.) The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odor. The ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of durian English)
Usage examples of durion.
Among them the durion is the most esteemed by the natives, and the mangosteen by Europeans.
Then we had a slim repast of soda water and bananas, the Hadji worshiped with his face toward Mecca, and the boatmen prepared an elaborate curry for themselves, with salt fish for its basis, and for its tastiest condiment blachang--a Malay preparation much relished by European lovers of durion and decomposed cheese.
Innes, Superintendent of Lower Perak, whose wife so nearly lost her life in the horrible affair at Pulo Pangkor, was in dejected spirits, as if the swamps of Durion Sabatang had been too much for him.
Every village consists of such houses as I have described before, grouped, but not by any means closely, under the shade of cocoa-palms, jak, durion, bread-fruit, mango, nutmeg, and other fruit-trees.