Durio n 1: a genus of tall Asian trees of the family Bombacaceae [syn: {Durio}, {genus Durio}]
Durio \Du"ri*o\, n. [NL., fr. Malay d?ri thorn.] (Bot.) A fruit tree ({Durio zibethinus}, the only species known) of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the {durian}. [1913 Webster]