What does rambutan mean?
Definitions for rambutan
ræmˈbut nrambu·tan
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Princeton's WordNet
rambutan, rambotan, rambutan tree, Nephelium lappaceumnoun
Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit
rambutan, rambotannoun
pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines
Wiktionary
rambutannoun
A tree, Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia.
rambutannoun
The fruit of this tree.
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rambutan
Rambutan is a tropical fruit native to Southeast Asia, closely related to the lychee. It features a hairy outer shell that encloses a sweet, juicy flesh around a single seed. Its name comes from the Malay word for 'hair', due to the fruit's distinctive hairy appearance. The fruit is typically red or yellow, and offers a mildly sweet and creamy flavor. Its tree can grow up to 80 feet in height and also produces flowers. Aside from being consumed as a fresh fruit, rambutan is also often used in jams and jellies.
Webster Dictionary
Rambutannoun
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
Etymology: [Malay rambtan, fr. rambut hair of the head.]
Wikidata
Rambutan
The rambutan is a medium-sized tropical tree in the family Sapindaceae. The fruit produced by the tree is also known as rambutan. According to popular belief and the origin of its name, rambutan is native to Indonesia and Malaysia. The earliest record of rambutan trees show that they were cultivated by the Malayan jungle tribes around their temporary settlements, a practice followed to date. Rambutan trees grow naturally in Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, and elsewhere in Southeast Asia, although its precise natural distribution is unknown. It is closely related to several other edible tropical fruits including the lychee, longan, and mamoncillo. It is native to the Indonesian Archipelago, from where it spread westwards to Thailand, Burma, Sri Lanka and India; northwards to Vietnam, and the Philippines. A species regularly sold in Costa Rican markets may be known as "wild" rambutan. Yellow in color, it is smaller than the usual red variety. The flesh exposed when the outer skin is peeled off is sweet and sour, slightly grape-like and gummy to the taste. In Panama and Costa Rican Spanish, it is known as mamón chino due to its Asian origin and the likeness of the edible part with Melicoccus bijugatus. The fruit has been successfully transplanted by grafting in Puerto Rico.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Rambutan
ram-bōō′tan, n. the edible fruit of a lofty Malaysian tree (Nephelium lappaceum).—Also Rambōō′tan, Rambost′an. [Malay.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rambutan in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rambutan in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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- رامبوتانArabic
- RambutanGerman
- رامبوتانPersian
- ramboutan, litchi cheveluFrench
- רמבוטןHebrew
- rambutanHindi
- rambutanIndonesian
- ランブータンJapanese
- សាវម៉ាវKhmer
- 람부탄Korean
- ໝາກເງາະ, ເງາະLao
- rambutanMalay
- ကြက်မောက်သီး, ကြက်မောက်Burmese
- chʼil ditsʼozíłchííʼNavajo, Navaho
- rambutãPortuguese
- рамбутанRussian
- ரம்புட்டன்Tamil
- เงาะThai
- нефеліумUkrainian
- chôm chômVietnamese
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