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ram·bu·tan

(răm-bo͞ot′n)

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

2. The fruit of this tree, having juicy white flesh surrounding a single seed.

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

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rambutan

(ræmˈbuːtən)

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

2. (Plants) the fruit of this tree

[C18: from Malay, from rambut hair]

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ram•bu•tan

(ræmˈbut n)

n.

1. the bright red, oval, edible fruit of a Malayan tree, Nephelium lappaceum, of the soapberry family, covered with soft spines or hairs and having a mildly acid taste.

2. the tree itself.

[1700–10; < Malay, =rambut hair + -an nominalizing suffix]

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Noun	1.	rambutan - Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit Nephelium lappaceum, rambotan, rambutan tree rambotan, rambutan - pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit genus Nephelium, Nephelium - a genus of dicotyledonous trees of the family Sapindaceae that are native to Asia and Australia
	2.	rambutan - pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines rambotan edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh Nephelium lappaceum, rambotan, rambutan, rambutan tree - Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit

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rambutan

rambútan

rambutan

红毛丹果

rambutan

(ˈrӕmbutӕn) noun

a sweet, juicy red or yellow fruit with one seed and a hairy rind.

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