What does rambutan mean?
Rambutan means A tree of species Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia..
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[ɹamˈbjʉːtən] · noun
A tree of species Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia..
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.
Old women crouched over bags of Siamese rice, skeps of red and green peppers, purple egg-plants, bristly rambutans, pineapples, durians.
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Rambutan means A tree of species Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia..
Common synonyms include nephelium lappaceum, rambotan, rambutan tree.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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