duriannoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdʒʊə.ri.ən/us/ˈdʊr.i.ən/a large, oval, tropical fruit with a hard skin covered in sharp points, yellow, orange, or red flesh, and a very strong smell
the tree on which this fruit grows
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Types of fruit
- angelica
- apple
- avocado
- açaí
- banana
- cumquat
- currant
- damson
- dried fruit
- eating apple
- maraschino cherry
- melon
- mulberry
- navel orange
- nectarine
- satsuma plum
- sloe
- soft fruit
- starfruit
- strawberry
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Examples from literature
- If this is true, then eating a durian must, in its way, be something like having a tub.
- Of all fruits the durian is the most delicious.
- Wallace says that to eat a durian is a new sensation, worth a voyage to the East to experience.