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rambutan

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ram⋅bu⋅tan

  [ram-boot-n]
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–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:
1700–10; < Malay, equiv. to rambut hair + -an nominalizing suffix
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longan
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ram·bu·tan   (rām-bōōt'n)   
n.  

  1. A tree (Nephelium lappaceum) of southeast Asia, bearing edible oval red fruit with soft spines.

  2. The fruit of this tree.


[Malay, from rambut, hair (from its hairy covering).]
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rambutan

(Nephelium lappaceum), tree of the soapberry family (Sapindaceae). It is native to Malaysia, where it is commonly cultivated for its tasty fruit, also called rambutan. The bright-red, oval fruit, about the size of a small hen's egg, is covered with long, soft spines and has a tasty acid pulp. The tree grows to about 10.5-12 metres (35-40 feet)

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