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Definition of Pulasan
1. Noun. East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan.
Terms within: Pulassan
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
Group relationships: Genus Nephelium, Nephelium
2. Noun. Fruit of an East Indian tree similar to the rambutan but sweeter.
Generic synonyms: Edible Fruit
Group relationships: Nephelium Mutabile, Pulasan Tree, Pulassan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pulasan
Literary usage of Pulasan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits: Excluding the Banana, Coconut by Wilson Popenoe (1920)
"43) (Nephelium mutabile, Bl.) In the markets of Singapore, the pulasan is sold
as a variety of the rambutan. It is, however, a distinct species and is known ..."
2. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat, Charles Otto Blagden (1906)
"U. Sel. 23. RAMBUTAN: lë-gos, Sen. Cliff. Rambutan ; pulasan (Mai. grat) ...
Coast Malay the pulasan is called "grat."] 26. RAMBUTAN : buan ; pie' buan ..."
3. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1915)
"... numerous soft thorn- like projections, surrounding an interior which is
plum-like in both appearance and taste. The closely related pulasan (Nephelium ..."
4. Camping and Tramping in Malaya: Fifteen Years' Pioneering in the Native by Ambrose B. Rathborne (1898)
"... pulasan, papaya and guava, all edible and pleasant to the taste. The red colour
of the roads is an agreeable change from the white granite thoroughfares ..."
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