Rambutan Definition

răm-bo͝otn
noun
The red or yellow, spiny, egg-shaped, edible fruit of a Malayan tree (Nephelium lappaceum) of the soapberry family.
Webster's New World
The fruit of this tree, having juicy white flesh surrounding a single seed.
American Heritage
The tree.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Rambutan

Noun

Singular:
rambutan
Plural:
rambutans

Origin of Rambutan

  • Malay from rambut hair (from its hairy covering)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Malay rambutan, English usage first attested 1707.

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

RRARAM

Words Ending With

NANTAN

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rambutan

Words Starting With R and Ending With N

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