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Pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines
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rambutan
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A tree, ''Nephelium lappaceum'', of Southeast Asia. 2 The fruit of this tree.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rambutan \Ram*bu"tan\ (r[a^]m*b[=oo]"t[a^]n), n. [Malay ramb[=u]tan, fr. rambut hair of the head.] (Bot.) A Malayan fruit produced by the tree Nephelium lappaceum , and closely related to the litchi nut. It is bright red, oval in shape, covered with coarse ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The rambutan (; taxonomic name: Nephelium lappaceum ) is a medium-sized tropical tree in the family Sapindaceae . The name also refers to the fruit produced by this tree. The rambutan is native to Malay - Indonesian region, and other regions of tropical ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit [syn: rambotan , rambutan tree , Nephelium lappaceum ] pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines [syn: rambotan ]
Usage examples of rambutan.
Murray and Boupha took a peddle, or cyclo, cab to the market where they bought hard boiled eggs, bread, flat rice noodles, bananas, oranges, and a local fruit called rambutan.
Wealthier shopkeepers sold everything from rugs to rambutan, silver to snake oil, fish to fine filigree work.