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n. - Tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind.

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  • Among them the durion is the most esteemed by the natives, and the mangosteen by Europeans.
  • The durion is a forest tree of the loftiest order, bearing resemblance to the elm, only with a smooth bark, which is also scaly.
  • It would not perhaps be correct to say that the durion is the best of all fruits, because it cannot supply the place of a sub-acid juicy kind; such as the orange, grape,...
  • The jak trees (artocarpus incisa), near of kin to the bread-fruit, and the durion, flourish round all the dwellings.
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