durian
(noun) huge fruit native to southeastern Asia ‘smelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven’; seeds are roasted and eaten like nuts
durian, durion, durian tree, Durio zibethinus
(noun) tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind
Source: WordNet® 3.1
durian (plural durians)
Any of several trees, genus Durio, of Southeast Asia.
The spiky edible fruit of this tree, known for its strong taste and very strong, unpleasant odor.
A yellow colour, like that of durian flesh (also called durian yellow).
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Source: Wiktionary
Du"ri*an, or Du"ri*on, n. (Bot.)
Definition: 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 seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
