rambutan (redirected from Rambutans)

ram·bu·tan  (rm-btn)

n.

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

2. The fruit of this tree.

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

Thesaurus

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