rambutan Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit
    rambotan; Nephelium lappaceum; rambutan tree.
  2. noun pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines
    rambotan.

WordNet

Ram*bu"tan noun
Etymology
Malay ramb&umac;tan, fr. rambut hair of the head.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913