DURIAN


Meaning of DURIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdu̇r-ē-ən, -ē-ˌän also ]

ˈdyu̇r- noun

Etymology: Malay

Date: 1588

1. : a large oval tasty but foul-smelling fruit with a prickly rind

2. : an East Indian tree ( Durio zibethinus ) of the silk-cotton family that bears durians

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