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
28 January 2025
(noun) a slight amount or degree of difference; “a tad too expensive”; “not a tad of difference”; “the new model is a shade better than the old one”
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.
