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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldÃa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolÃvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
