1. Pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines
   "We enjoyed the sweet-tart flavour of fresh rambutan at the tropical fruit market";
   - rambotan
    
2. Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit
   "The hairy appearance of rambutan fruits makes them instantly recognizable"; "Rambutan trees are commonly grown in Southeast Asian orchards";
   - rambotan, rambutan tree, Nephelium lappaceum

Derived forms: rambutans

Type of: edible fruit, fruit tree

Part of: genus Nephelium, Nephelium

Encyclopedia: Rambutan