rambutan

[ ram-boot-n ]

noun
  1. the bright-red oval fruit of a Malayan, sapindaceous tree, Nephelium lappaceum, covered with soft spines, or hairs, and having a subacid taste.

  2. the tree itself.

Origin of rambutan

1
1700–10; <Malay, equivalent to rambut hair + -an nominalizing suffix

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British Dictionary definitions for rambutan

rambutan

/ (ræmˈbuːtən) /


noun
  1. a sapindaceous tree, Nephelium lappaceum, native to SE Asia, that has bright red edible fruit

  2. the fruit of this tree

Origin of rambutan

1
C18: from Malay, from rambut hair

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