rambutan
IPA: rɑmbˈutʌn
noun
- A tree, Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia.
- The fruit of this tree.
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Examples of "rambutan" in Sentences
- But I personally prefer mangosteen or rambutan, though.
- She might mean a culogo, but they would not be found in rambutan trees.
- They are slowly smoked using wood from the rambutan tree before being sent to local markets and abroad.
- A block from Honolulu Harbor, a wide pedestrian lane called Kekaulike runs between two rows of old brick buildings, lined with palm trees and cardboard boxes piled high with fragrant papayas, apple bananas, pineapples, and spiky, ruby-colored rambutan.
- This subject is mentioned elsewhere: see chapter on the Arts and Sciences of the Singhalese.] _The use of fruit_ -- Fruits are abundant and wholesome; but with the exception of oranges, pineapples, the luscious mango and the indescribable "rambutan," for want of horticultural attention they are inferior in flavour, and soon cease to be alluring.
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