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Rambutan

Rambutan Meaning & Definition
Rambutan Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rambutan?

[n] pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines
[n] Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit

Synonyms | Synonyms for Rambutan: Nephelium lappaceum | rambotan | rambotan | rambutan tree

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See Also | edible fruit | fruit tree | genus Nephelium | Nephelium | Nephelium lappaceum | rambutan | rambutan | rambutan tree

Rambutan In Webster's Dictionary

\Ram*bu"tan\, n. [Malay ramb[=u]tan, fr. rambut hair of the head.] (Bot.) 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}.

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