rambutan, rambotan
(noun) pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines
rambutan, rambotan, rambutan tree, Nephelium lappaceum
(noun) Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rambutan (plural rambutans)
A tree, Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia.
The fruit of this tree.
• antumbra
Source: Wiktionary
Ram*bu"tan, n. Etym: [Malay rambutan, fr. rambut hair of the head.] (Bot.)
Definition: 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 hairs (whence the name), and contains a pleasant acid pulp. Called also ramboostan.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
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