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Definition of rambutan in English: rambutannoun ramˈb(j)uːt(ə)nramˈbo͞otn 1A red, plum-sized tropical fruit with soft spines and a slightly acidic taste. 红毛丹果 Example sentencesExamples - Spiky red rambutans, so easy to peel, were their favourite.
- While the rambutans were there, as well as all the cakes, we were filled by the BBQ dishes and turned down offers of coffee and cakes, despite the name of the restaurant.
- The durian, mango, rambutan, mangosteen, pineapple and other fruits are displayed in the market along with a large selection of seafood.
- U.S. agricultural quarantines have prohibited importing fresh rambutans from their native Southeast Asia, but the fruit is now grown in Hawaii.
- Besides pineapples, Hawaii's fruit industry produces papayas, bananas, guavas, avocados, and other specialty fruit, including mangoes, lychees, rambutans, and starfruits.
2The Malaysian tree that bears the rambutan. （马来西亚）红毛丹 Nephelium lappaceum, family Sapindaceae Example sentencesExamples - Kebayoran Baru was just a large plantation mostly with rambutan and durian trees, just like other suburbs here.
- A guide told us that the night before our visit, 300 rambutan trees went from fruit-laden to bald.
- Others in the same genus are the longan, rambutan, and pulasan.
OriginEarly 18th century: from Malay rambūtan, from rambut 'hair', with allusion to the fruit's spines. Definition of rambutan in US English: rambutannounramˈbo͞otn 1A red, plum-sized tropical fruit with soft spines and a slightly acidic taste. 红毛丹果 Example sentencesExamples - Besides pineapples, Hawaii's fruit industry produces papayas, bananas, guavas, avocados, and other specialty fruit, including mangoes, lychees, rambutans, and starfruits.
- While the rambutans were there, as well as all the cakes, we were filled by the BBQ dishes and turned down offers of coffee and cakes, despite the name of the restaurant.
- U.S. agricultural quarantines have prohibited importing fresh rambutans from their native Southeast Asia, but the fruit is now grown in Hawaii.
- The durian, mango, rambutan, mangosteen, pineapple and other fruits are displayed in the market along with a large selection of seafood.
- Spiky red rambutans, so easy to peel, were their favourite.
2The Malaysian tree that bears the rambutan fruit. （马来西亚）红毛丹 Nephelium lappaceum, family Sapindaceae Example sentencesExamples - Others in the same genus are the longan, rambutan, and pulasan.
- A guide told us that the night before our visit, 300 rambutan trees went from fruit-laden to bald.
- Kebayoran Baru was just a large plantation mostly with rambutan and durian trees, just like other suburbs here.
OriginEarly 18th century: from Malay rambūtan, from rambut ‘hair’, with allusion to the fruit's spines. |