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du⋅ri⋅an

  [door-ee-uhn, -ahn]
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1. the edible fruit of a tree, Durio zibethinus, of the bombax family, of southeastern Asia, having a hard, prickly rind, a highly flavored, pulpy flesh, and an unpleasant odor.
2. the tree itself.
Also, du⋅ri⋅on.

Origin:
1580–90; < Malay: a fruit with spiky skin, equiv. to duri thorn + -an nominalizer suffix
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durion

noun
tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind [syn: durian] 
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