langsat
Americannoun
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an East Indian tree, Lansium domesticum, of the mahogany family.
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the yellowish, tart, edible fruit of this tree.
Etymology
Origin of langsat
1775–85; < Malay: the name of the tree
Example Sentences
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We ate the langsat seated under the family’s rice silos, which were built as mini-versions of the tongkonan.
From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2015
Fruits, as the durian and langsat, are rather scarce.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Lumholtz, Carl
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