DURIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does durian mean? 

• DURIAN (noun)
  The noun DURIAN has 2 senses:

1. tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind

2. huge fruit native to southeastern Asia 'smelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven'; seeds are roasted and eaten like nuts

  Familiarity information: DURIAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DURIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

durian; durian tree; Durio zibethinus; durion

Hypernyms ("durian" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "durian"):

durian (huge fruit native to southeastern Asia 'smelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven'; seeds are roasted and eaten like nuts)

Holonyms ("durian" is a member of...):

Durio; genus Durio (a genus of tall Asian trees of the family Bombacaceae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Huge fruit native to southeastern Asia 'smelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven'; seeds are roasted and eaten like nuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("durian" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("durian" is a part of...):

durian; durian tree; Durio zibethinus; durion (tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind)