rambutan

Definition of Rambutan in English :

Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit

2. rambotan, rambutan

pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rambutan

noun

1.

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

2.

the fruit of this tree

noun

1.

the red or yellow, spiny, egg-shaped, edible fruit of a Malayan tree (Nephelium lappaceum) of the soapberry family

2.

the tree

n.

1. A tree (Nephelium lappaceum) of Southeast Asia, bearing edible oval red fruit with soft spines.

2. The fruit of this tree, having juicy white flesh surrounding a single seed.