rambutan
Americannoun
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the bright-red oval fruit of a Malayan, sapindaceous tree, Nephelium lappaceum, covered with soft spines, or hairs, and having a subacid taste.
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the tree itself.
noun
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a sapindaceous tree, Nephelium lappaceum , native to SE Asia, that has bright red edible fruit
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the fruit of this tree
Etymology
Origin of rambutan
1700–10; < Malay, equivalent to rambut hair + -an nominalizing suffix
Example Sentences
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The bargain buyers drifted out of a popular Little Saigon fruit shop with tote bags full of pale brown longan and hairy red rambutan, barely glancing at the dirt-smeared face of Duc Tran.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 4, 2022
He said Vietnam expects to begin exporting longan to Japan in September, followed by other produce such as grapefruit, avocado and rambutan, while opening its market for Japanese grapes.
From Reuters • May 1, 2022
Coconuts, jackfruit and rambutan, a lychee-like fruit, were already growing there.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2020
They sell stuff from home — durian, rambutan and lychee.
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2018
Sergio winks as he pulls off another rambutan.
From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya
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