rambutan
The origin and history of rambutan.
Etymology
Rambutan comes from Malay, where it is built from rambut, meaning "hair", combined with a suffix that turns the word into a noun. The name refers to the fruit's hair-like spines.
The origin and history of rambutan.
Rambutan comes from Malay, where it is built from rambut, meaning "hair", combined with a suffix that turns the word into a noun. The name refers to the fruit's hair-like spines.
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