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Definition of Durio zibethinus

1. Noun. Tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Durio Zibethinus

Literary usage of Durio zibethinus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1804)
"A small branch of Durio zibethinus. 2. A complete flower of the same. 3. The outer calyx, separately. 4. The inner calyx. •• 5. A petal. 6. ..."

2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The durian Durio zibethinus. ( X Ю (From an early representation of the fruit.) magnificent and stately, and grows usually in open country, ..."

3. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1848)
"The durian (Durio zibethinus,) the strong odor from which disgusts many Europeans, is from nine to twelve inches in length ; of this fruit there are many ..."

4. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"DURION, a tree of Sumatra; its trunk is hollowed out as a coffin of the Batta rajas. Durio zibethinus. Lin». Du yeen, . . . BURM. I Dorian ENG. ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The East Indian durian (Durio zibethinus), whose oval fruit is defended by spines which have been said to flay a man's face if struck by the falling fruit, ..."

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