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DURIAN (Malay, duri, a thorn) , the fruit of Durio zibethinus, a tree of the natural order Bombaceae, which attains a height of 70 or 8o ft., has oblong, tapering leaves, rounded at the base, and yellowish-green flowers
diameter , approaching the size of a large coco-nut; it has a hard external husk or shell, and is completely armed with strong pyramidal tubercles, meeting one another at the base, and terminating in sharp
oval
taste of the pulp, A. R. Wallace remarks, " A rich butter-like custard, highly flavoured with almonds, gives the best idea of it, but intermingled with it come wafts of flavour that call
rice
See Linschoten, Discours of Voyages, bk. i. chap. 57, p. 102, fol. (London, 1598); llickmcre, Travels in the East
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