prickly melon
rare
noun
The durian, the spiny fruit of Durio zibethinus (family Bombacaceae), of southeast Asia; the plant which bears this fruit.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Parkinson (1566/7–1650), apothecary and herbalist.
- polycondense
- polycondensed
- polyconic
- polycormic
- polycotton
- polycotyledon
- polycotyledonary
- polycotyledonous
- polycotyledony
- polycracy
- polycrase
- polycratic
- polycratism
- polycrest
- polycross
- polycrotic
- polycrystal
- polycrystalline
- polycrystallinity
- polycultural
- polyculture
- polycyclic
- polycystic
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- polycystin