rambutan

American  

[ram-boot-n] / ræmˈbut n /

noun

1. the bright-red oval fruit of a Malayan, sapindaceous tree, Nephelium lappaceum, covered with soft spines, or hairs, and having a subacid taste.

2. the tree itself.

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rambutan British  

/ ræmˈbuːtən /

noun

1. a sapindaceous tree, Nephelium lappaceum , native to SE Asia, that has bright red edible fruit

2. the fruit of this tree

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Etymology

Origin of rambutan

1700–10; < Malay, equivalent to rambut hair + -an nominalizing suffix