Definition of Nephelium lappaceum

1. Noun. Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit.

Exact synonyms: Rambotan, Rambutan, Rambutan Tree
Terms within: Rambotan, Rambutan
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
Group relationships: Genus Nephelium, Nephelium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nephelium Lappaceum

Neotoma floridana
Neotoma fuscipes
Neotropic
Neozoic
Nepal
Nepal trumpet flower
Nepalese
Nepalese monetary unit
Nepalese rupee
Nepali
Nepaulese
Nepenthaceae
Nepeta cataria
Nepeta hederaceae
Nephelium
Nephelium lappaceum
Nephelium litchi
Nephelium longana
Nephelium mutabile
Nephilim
Nephite
Nephrolepis
Nephrolepis exaltata
Nephrolepis exaltata bostoniensis
Nephrolepis pectinata
Nephrops
Nephrops norvegicus
Nephropsidae
Nephthys
Nephthytis afzelii

Literary usage of Nephelium lappaceum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"Genus NEPHELIUM nephelium lappaceum L. USAU OR RAMBUTAN. ... Hefter f states that the seeds of nephelium lappaceum yield 40 to 48 per cent of rambutan ..."

2. Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1895)
"nephelium lappaceum, Linne. South-India and Malay-Islands. This rather tall tree furnishes the Rambutan- or ..."

3. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Joseph Paxton (1849)
"234) ; and the nephelium lappaceum of " Don's Syst.," (i. 670). DESCRIPTION.—Plant a spreading tree. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets five to seven, oblong. ..."

4. The Lychee and Lungan by George Weidman Groff (1921)
"... (nephelium lappaceum). It speaks of the lychee as a product generally on sale at Chinese shops in different cities and often called Chinese nut. ..."

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