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Definition of Durio
1. Noun. A genus of tall Asian trees of the family Bombacaceae.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Bombacaceae, Family Bombacaceae
Member holonyms: Durian, Durian Tree, Durio Zibethinus, Durion
Definition of Durio
1. n. A fruit tree (D. zibethinus, the only species known) of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the durian.
Medical Definition of Durio
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Durio
Literary usage of Durio
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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 ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Louisiana by Louisiana Supreme Court (1894)
"durio et al. Mrs. Broussard, the vendee, bound herself to reconvey the plantation
... At this point of the case the defendant, durio, became a party to the ..."
3. Wood products: Distillates and Extracts by Paul Dumesny, J. Noyer (1908)
"The system of Fratelli durio is applicable to all sorts of skins and for all ...
Like all patents, that of Fratelli durio has had its improvers and its ..."
4. Wood Products: Distillates and Extracts by Paul Dumesny, J. Noyer (1908)
"The system of Fratelli durio is applicable to all sorts of skins and for all ...
Like all patents, that of Fratelli durio has had its improvers and its ..."
5. The British Critic (1793)
"... production of vc properties, and named the durio. " Among the fruits which
may be more properly the Indians for food, is that called the Bread fruit, ..."
6. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"... sixty or eighty feet in height, with somewhat the general appearance of an elm.
The leaves are entire, oblong, rounded at the base and taper- durio ..."
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