rambutan
n 1: Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit [syn: {rambutan},
{rambotan}, {rambutan tree}, {Nephelium lappaceum}]
2: pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with
soft spines [syn: {rambutan}, {rambotan}]
Rambutan \Ram*bu"tan\ (r[a^]m*b[=oo]"t[a^]n), n. [Malay
ramb[=u]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}.
[1913 Webster]