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Meanings of durion in английском
Tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind.
Usage of durion in английском
1
The fruit of the durion proved not only pleasant eating, but exceedingly nutritious.
2
So stood the little party under the tall durion-tree, regarding the ascent of Saloo.
3
The large durion-tree under which they had first encamped was well furnished with fruit.
4
Among them the durion is the most esteemed by the natives, and the mangosteen by Europeans.
5
There were many more nuts on the durion-tree.
6
It is true the durion stood near, and its fruit would for a time keep them from starving.
7
The durion is however sometimes dangerous.
8
Having selected three or four of these, he chopped them down, and dragged them up to the durion.
9
The durion grows to the size of a man's head, and is covered closely with hard, sharp spines.
10
The jak trees (artocarpus incisa), near of kin to the bread-fruit, and the durion, flourish round all the dwellings.
11
For all this, they were no little surprised and somewhat incredulous when he declared his intention of climbing the great durion-tree.
12
As we have said, Saloo did not think any more of ascending the durion-tree, nor they of asking him to do so.
13
The durion is a forest tree of the loftiest order, bearing resemblance to the elm, only with a smooth bark, which is also scaly.
14
In fact, to eat durions is a new sensation, worth a voyage to the East to experience.
15
There are in the forest two varieties of wild durions with much smaller fruits, one of them orange-coloured inside.
16
Some powder and ball to hunt with, and leave old Mr. Durion with us to get us a trader
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