RAMBUTAN

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


Etymology

Noun

rambutan (plural rambutans)

A tree, Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia.

The fruit of this tree.

Anagrams

• 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



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