pulasan
pulasan Lexical Profile
• noun
The sweet, juicy, and translucent fruit of a tropical tree native to Southeast Asia, closely related to the rambutan and lychee, but distinguished by a thicker, darker red rind covered with short, blunt, hair-like spines.
"During our trip to Malaysia, we visited a local market and bought a basket of fresh pulasan, which tasted remarkably sweeter than the rambutans we had tried earlier."
The tropical Southeast Asian tree (Nephelium mutabile) of the soapberry family that bears the pulasan fruit.
"The farmer cultivated several hectares of pulasan, as the trees thrive under the region's heavy rainfall and high humidity."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Malay 'pulasan', derived from the verb 'pulas' (meaning 'to twist') combined with the noun-forming suffix '-an', referring to the traditional method of opening the fruit by twisting its thick, leathery rind.
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