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Alt. of Durion

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  1. n. Alt. of Durion
  2. n. tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind
  3. n. huge fruit native to southeastern Asiasmelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven’; seeds are roasted and eaten like nuts
  4. The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts.
  5. n:100 n. tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind n. huge fruit native to southeastern Asia `smelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven'; seeds are roasted and eaten like nuts