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Definition of Durion
1. Noun. Tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind.
Terms within: Durian
Group relationships: Durio, Genus Durio
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
Definition of Durion
1. Noun. (alternative form of durian) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Durion
1. durian [n -S] - See also: durian
Medical Definition of Durion
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Durion
Literary usage of Durion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"It would not, perhaps, be correct to say that the durion is the best of all
fruits, because it cannot supply the place of the subacid juicy kinds, ..."
2. Universal Geography: Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1826)
"The durion, formerly mentioned,* is preferred to the man- The ... One durion
costs more than a dozen pine-apples. It is never found wild, ..."
3. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1804)
"Observations on the durion, ... figure of the flowers of the durion does not even
express their habit; nor can any knowledge be derived from his description ..."
4. The Encyclopædia of Geography: Comprising a Complete Description of the by Hugh Murray, William Wallace, Robert Jameson, William Jackson Hooker, William Swainson, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1839)
"durion. utmost skill of British Horticulture has never been able to bring to any
thing like perfection in the stoves of England, where indeed it is ..."
5. The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar by Georg Hartwig (1872)
"... Root—The Taro Root—Tropical Fruits—The Chirimoya—The Litchi—The Mangosteen—The
Mango— The durion—Its Taste and Smell—Large Fruit on Tall Trees. ..."
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