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Definition of Rambotan

1. Noun. Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit.

2. Noun. Pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rambotan

ramberge ramberges rambergite rambla ramblas ramble ramble on rambled rambler ramblers

rambles rambling ramblingly ramblings rambooze rambotan (current term) rambouillets rambunctious rambunctiously rambunctiousness

rambunxious rambutan rambutan tree rambutans ramcat ramcats ramdisk ramdisks ramdohrite rame

Literary usage of Rambotan

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

1. Political and Statistical Account of the British Settlements in the Straits by Thomas John Newbold (1839)
"The Malacca line commences at Mount Ophir, and thence taking a south-westerly direction, passes through rambotan Gading, ..."

2. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1905)
"... and generally treated as including species which yield several important fruits, such as the " litchi," the " rambotan," and the " longan. ..."

3. Economic Plants of Porto Rico by Orator Fuller Cook, Guy N. Collins (1903)
"... and generally treated as including species which yield several important fruits, such as the "litchi," the "rambotan," and the "longan. ..."

4. Commercial Relations of the United States with Foreign Countries by United States Bureau of Manufactures, United States (1868)
"... cocoa- nut, rambotan, &c. The areca nut, so much prized and used by the Siamese, as well as most other oriental nations, abounds also in those gardens. ..."

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