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‖ durian|duːˈriːən, ˈdʊərɪən|
Also 6– durion, 6–7 duryoen, 7 duroyen, 8 durean, 9 dorian.
[Malay durīan, f. dūrī, thorn, prickle: so called from its prickly coat (Marsden).]
The oval or globular fruit of Durio zibethinus, family Sterculiaceæ, a tree of the Indian Archipelago; it has a hard prickly rind and luscious cream-coloured pulp, of a strong civet odour, but agreeable taste; also the tree itself.
1588Parke tr. Mendoza's Hist. China 393 There is one, yt is called in the Malaca tongue Durion, and is so good that..it doth exceede in savour all others that euer they had seene, or tasted. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 184 The Duroyen..may be called an Epitome of all the best and rarest fruits. 1697W. Dampier Voy. I. xi. 319 The Trees that bear the Durians, are as big as Apple Trees..the Fruit..as white as Milk, and as soft as Cream, and the taste very delicious. 1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. II. xxxix. 81 The Durean is another excellent Fruit, but offensive to some Peoples Noses, for it smells very like human Excrements, but when once tasted the Smell vanishes. 1884Q. Rev. Apr. 332 Loftiest in height as unrivalled in excellence of flavoured fruit, the royal durion. 1887A. Forbes Insulinde 111 The durian, of which Mr. Wallace says that it is worth a voyage to the East to taste it. |