Durian

Quick meaning: Durian is a noun meaning Any of several trees, genus Durio, of Southeast Asia.

Meaning

Any of several trees, genus Durio, of Southeast Asia.

More Meanings

1. The spiky edible fruit of this tree, known for its strong taste and very strong, unpleasant odor.
2. (uncountable) A deep, rich yellow colour, like that of durian flesh (also called durian yellow).

Example Sentences

Old women crouched over bags of Siamese rice, skeps of red and green peppers, purple egg-plants, bristly rambutans, pineapples, durians.

The dessert I thoroughly enjoyed, for the various fruits of Singapore are delicious. One of them, the "durion," exhales a most noxious perfume, but is pleasant to the palate.

The Mangosteen, Lansat, Rambutan, Jack, Jambou, and Blimbing, are all abundant; but most abundant and most esteemed is the Durian, a fruit about which very little is known in England, but which both by natives and Europeans in the Malay Archipelago is reckoned superior to all others.

Word Forms

• durians
• durion
• durean
• duryoen

Synonyms for durian

Depending on context, synonyms include durion.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include durion, dhak, houttuynia, otenga, damar, rata.

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