RAMBUTAN Meaning of RAMBUTAN in English n. 1 a red plum-sized prickly fruit. 2 an East Indian tree, Nephelium lappaceum, that bears this. [ Malay rambutan f. rambut hair, in allusion to its spines ] Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012