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durian
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Durio \Du"ri*o\, n. [NL., fr. Malay d?ri thorn.] (Bot.) A fruit tree ( Durio zibethinus, the only species known) of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the durian.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s, from Malay durian, from duri "thorn, prickle." So called for its rind.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of several trees, genus (taxlink Durio genus noshow=1), of southeast Asia. 2 The spiky edible fruit of this tree, known for its unpleasant odor.
WordNet
n. tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind [syn: durion, durian tree, Durio zibethinus]
huge fruit native to southeastern Asia `smelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven'; seeds are roasted and eaten like nuts
Wikipedia
The durian is the fruit of several tree species belonging to the genus Durio. The name "durian" is derived from the Malay-Indonesian languages word for duri or "spike", a reference to the numerous spike protuberances of the fruit, together with the noun-building suffix -an. There are 30 recognised Durio species, at least nine of which produce edible fruit, and over 300 named varieties in Thailand. Durio zibethinus is the only species available in the international market: other species are sold only in their local regions. There are hundreds of durian cultivars; many consumers express preferences for specific cultivars, which fetch higher prices in the market.
Regarded by many people in southeast Asia as the "king of fruits", the durian is distinctive for its large size, strong odour, and formidable thorn-covered husk. The fruit can grow as large as long and in diameter, and it typically weighs one to three kilograms (2 to 7 lb). Its shape ranges from oblong to round, the colour of its husk green to brown, and its flesh pale yellow to red, depending on the species.
The edible flesh emits a distinctive odour that is strong and penetrating even when the husk is intact. Some people regard the durian as having a pleasantly sweet fragrance; others find the aroma overpowering and revolting. The smell evokes reactions from deep appreciation to intense disgust, and has been described variously as rotten onions, turpentine, and raw sewage. The persistence of its odour, which may linger for several days, has led to the fruit's banishment from certain hotels and public transportation in Southeast Asia.
The durian, native to Southeast Asia, has been known to the Western world for about 600 years. The nineteenth-century British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace described its flesh as "a rich custard highly flavoured with almonds". The flesh can be consumed at various stages of ripeness, and it is used to flavour a wide variety of savoury and sweet edibles in Southeast Asian cuisines. The seeds can also be eaten when cooked.
Durian is a large odorous spike-covered fruit of several southeast Asian tree species belonging to the genus Durio.
Durian may refer to:
- Durian Durian, 2000 Hong Kong film directed by Fruit Chan
- Durian Tunggal, small town in Melaka state Malaysia
- Ohan Durian (1922–2011), Armenian conductor
- The Big Durian (disambiguation)
- Typhoon Durian, intense storm that wreaked havoc in the Philippines in 2006
- Sintel (code named "Project Durian"), a 2010 open content short film by the Blender Foundation
Usage examples of "durian".
His headshaking grew more and more pronounced each time Jani alluded to the possibility that Durian Ridgeway had purposely withheld information.
Colonel Doyle and Durian uncovered evidence that, for the past several years, my loving spouse kept Exterior well informed of the goings-on here.
If anything happened to you, Durian would have found an excuse to search your suite.
With equal parts alcohol and Durian Ridgeway fertilizing the seeds of doubt.
StafMit did it in hope that, in the flood of applications, the screening committee Durian chaired would miss the fact that via a blind trust, Gisela Detmers-Neumann held a significant financial stake in the company.
Nevertheless, with water and wild durian they made a kind of breakfast, sitting on the concrete bank beside the log.
The durian fell with a heavy thump, an object the size and shape of a coconut but covered with strong thickset spikes.
Ugly spikes: I have had several patients with dangerous lacerated wounds from a durian falling on their heads.
Ananda brought him a bowl of cold brown rice with salted green durian as a relish, and when it was eaten asked him - the first personal question since they met - where he would like to sleep.
Who will eat of the fruit of the one durian which I have nurtured so carefully and fostered so fondly?
Since the durian is endemic in a very restricted portion of the globe, and since those who have watched the vital process may be comparatively few in number and therefore unlikely to be jaded by the truisms of these pages, a few words in explanation may not be resented.
The seed of the durian is roughly cordate, about an inch and a quarter long.
The Dyaks, who are passionately fond of the durian, distinguished it by the title of DIEN, which signifies the fruit PAR EXCELLENCE.
Like the durian, the sapodilla plum grows all too slowly for my precipitate tastes, though I console myself plenteously with mangoes.
She wields a gleaming machete and chops the durian in half, revealing the clean yellow slime of its interior with its fat gleaming pits.