Rambutan : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Rambutan	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Rambutan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rambutan n Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit [syn: rambutan, rambotan, rambutan tree, Nephelium lappaceum] pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines Synonym(s): rambutan, rambotan
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rambutan \Ram*bu"tan\, n. [Malay ramb[umac]tan, fr. rambut hair of the head.] (Bot.) A Malayan fruit produced by the tree {Nephelium lappaceum}, and closely related to the litchi nut. It is bright red, oval in shape, covered with coarse hairs (whence the name), and contains a pleasant acid pulp. Called also {ramboostan}.