Definition of Durio zibethinus

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

Exact synonyms: Durian, Durian Tree, Durion
Terms within: Durian
Group relationships: Durio, Genus Durio
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Durio Zibethinus

Durazzo
Durban
Durck's nodes
Durer
Duresm
Duret's haemorrhage
Duret's lesion
Durex
Durga
Durham
Durham's tube
Durham rule
Durhams
Durif
During
Durio zibethinus
Durkheim
Durkheimian
Duroziez' murmur
Duroziez' sign
Durrell
Durres
Durrës
Dusanbe
Duse
Dushanbe
Dusicyon
Dusicyon cancrivorus
Dusseldorf

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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