Rambutan

[ræm'bu:tn]

Definition

(noun.) pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines.

(noun.) Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit.

Typist: Naomi--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

Typed by Jeanette

Definition

n. the edible fruit of a lofty Malaysian tree (Nephelium lappaceum).—Also Rambōō′tan Rambost′an.

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