durian

Definitions

1. A barangay of San Fernando, Bukidnon, Philippines.
2. Any of several trees, genus Durio, of Southeast Asia.
   countable, uncountable
3. A barangay of Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte, Philippines.
4. The spiky edible fruit of this tree, known for its strong taste and very strong, unpleasant odor.
   countable, uncountable
5. A barangay of Picong, Lanao del Sur, Philippines.
6. A deep, rich yellow colour, like that of durian flesh (also called durian yellow).
   uncountable

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Examples

“1692, Robert Boyle, General Heads for the Natural History of a Country Great or Small, London: John Taylor and S. Hedford, “Enquiries for Suratte, &c.,” p. 96, Whether the Betele hath such a contrariety to the Durion, that a few Leaves of that, put⟳ to a whole Shopful of Durions, will make⟳ them all rot suddenly; and whether those that have⟳ surfeited on Durions, and thereby over-heated themselves, do, by laying a Leaf or two of Betele upon their Breasts or Stomachs, immediately cure the Inflammations, and Recover⟳.”

“The Mangosteen, Lansat, Rambutan, Jack, Jambou, and Blimbing, are all abundant; but most abundant and most esteemed is the Durian, a fruit about which very little is known in England, but which both by natives and Europeans in the Malay Archipelago is reckoned superior to all others.”

“The dessert I thoroughly enjoyed, for the various fruits of Singapore are delicious. One of them, the "durion," exhales a most noxious perfume, but is pleasant to the palate.”

“Old women crouched over bags of Siamese rice, skeps of red and green peppers, purple egg-plants, bristly rambutans, pineapples, durians.”

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