Durio

Du´ri`o

n.

1.

(Bot.) A fruit tree (Durio zibethinus, the only species known) of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the durian.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Durio - a genus of tall Asian trees of the family Bombacaceae genus Durio dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs Bombacaceae, family Bombacaceae - tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds durian, durian tree, Durio zibethinus, durion - tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind