durio Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a genus of tall Asian trees of the family Bombacaceae
    genus Durio.

WordNet

Du"ri*o noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Malay dri thorn.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A fruit tree (D. zibethinus, the only species known) of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the durian.

Webster 1913