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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

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

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The fruit of Nephelium lappaceum, a lofty tree of the Malay archipelago. It is of an oval form, somewhat flattened, 2 inches long, of a reddish color, and covered with soft spines or hairs. The edible part is an aril, and is of a pleasant subacid taste. The tree is related to the lichi and longan, and is cultivated in numerous varieties.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A tree, Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia.
  2. n. The fruit of this tree.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (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.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit
  2. n. pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines

Etymologies

  1. From Malay rambutan, English usage first attested 1707. (Wiktionary)
  2. Malay, from rambut, hair (from its hairy covering). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • hernesheir I misspoke - I disagree with the two very general definitions listed, solely on the grounds that they are way too general - "a tree bearing edible fruit" could include apples/oranges or limes/coconuts as well (and mixing either of those is frowned upon nod to Harry Nilsson). "Edible reproductive body of a seed plant..." could be anything from grapes to rose hips. I know, I'm picky. A similar overly-general definition might be "a human is an animal with two eyes" - true, but almost useless. Oct 30, 2009

  • bilby Why? Oct 30, 2009

  • hernesheir I must disagree with most of the given definitions listed for this one. Oct 30, 2009

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