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Definition of Nephelium lappaceum
1. Noun. Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit.
Terms within: Rambotan, Rambutan
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
Group relationships: Genus Nephelium, Nephelium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nephelium Lappaceum
Literary usage of Nephelium lappaceum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"Genus NEPHELIUM nephelium lappaceum L. USAU OR RAMBUTAN. ... Hefter f states that
the seeds of nephelium lappaceum yield 40 to 48 per cent of rambutan ..."
2. Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1895)
"nephelium lappaceum, Linne. South-India and Malay-Islands. This rather tall tree
furnishes the Rambutan- or ..."
3. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Joseph Paxton (1849)
"234) ; and the nephelium lappaceum of " Don's Syst.," (i. 670). DESCRIPTION.—Plant
a spreading tree. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets five to seven, oblong. ..."
4. The Lychee and Lungan by George Weidman Groff (1921)
"... (nephelium lappaceum). It speaks of the lychee as a product generally on sale
at Chinese shops in different cities and often called Chinese nut. ..."
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