See also:

• DURIAN (Malay, duri, a thorn)

DURIAN (See also:

• MALAY

Malay, duri, a See also:

• THORN (O. Eng. porn, cf. Du. doorn, Ger. Dorn, &c)
• THORN (Polish Torun)

thorn)  , the See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit of Durio zibethinus, a See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree of the natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order Bombaceae, which attains a height of 70 or 8o ft., has oblong, tapering leaves, rounded at the See also:

• BASE

base, and yellowish-See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers, and bears a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general resemblance to the See also:

• ELM

elm . The durio is cultivated in See also:

• SUMATRA

Sumatra, See also:

• JAVA

Java, See also:

• CELEBES

Celebes and the See also:

• MOLUCCAS, or SPICE ISLANDS

Moluccas, and northwards as far as Mindanao in the Philippines; also in'the See also:

• MALAY

Malay See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

Peninsula, in See also:

• TENASSERIM

Tenasserim, on the See also:

• BAY

Bay of See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal, to 14° N. See also:

• LAT

lat., and in See also:

• SIAM (known to its inhabitants as Muang Thai)

Siam to the 13th and 14th See also:

• PARALLELS

parallels . The fruit is spherical, and 6 to 8 in. in See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter, approaching the See also:

• SIZE

size of a large coco-See also:

• NUT
• NUT (0. Eng. knutu, cf. Dutch noot, Ger. Nuss; allied with Gael. cno; it is not of the same form as Lat. nux)

nut; it has a hard See also:

• EXTERNAL

external husk or See also:

• SHELL
• SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)

shell, and is completely armed with strong pyramidal tubercles, See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting one another at the base, and terminating in See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp thorny points; these sometimes inflict severe injuries on persons upon whom the fruit may See also:

• CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance to fall when ripe . On dividing the fruit at the joins of the carpels, where the spines See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch a little, it is found to contain five See also:

• OVAL (Lat. ovum, egg)

oval cells, each filled with a cream-coloured, glutinous, smooth pulp, in which are em-bedded from one to five seeds about the size of chestnuts . The pulp and the seeds, which latter are eaten roasted, are the edible parts of the fruit . With regard to the See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste of the pulp, A . R . See also:

• WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL (1823— )
• WALLACE, LEWIS [LEW] (1827—1905)
• WALLACE, SIR RICHARD
• WALLACE, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1270-1305)
• WALLACE, WILLIAM (1768-1843)
• WALLACE, WILLIAM (1844-1897)
• WALLACE, WILLIAM VINCENT (1814-1865)

Wallace remarks, " A See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• BUTTER (Lat. butyrum, Gr. 0obrvpov, apparently connected with $ous, cow, and rvpbs, cheese, but, according to the New English Dictionary, perhaps of Scythian origin)

butter-like custard, highly flavoured with almonds, gives the best See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of it, but intermingled with it come wafts of flavour that See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call to mind cream-See also:

• CHEESE (Lat. caseus)

cheese, See also:

• ONION (Fr. oignon, Lat. unio, liberally unity, oneness, applied to a large pearl and to a species of onion)

onion-See also:

• SAUCE

sauce, See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown See also:

• SHERRY

sherry and other incongruities; . . . it is neither See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid, nor sweet, nor juicy, yet one feels the want of none of these qualities, for it is perfect as it is." The fruit, especially when not fresh from the tree, has, notwithstanding, a most offensive See also:

• SMELL (connected etymologically with " smoulder " and " smoke ")

smell, which has been compared to that of rotten onions or of putrid See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal See also:

• MATTER

matter . The See also:

• DYAKS, or DAYAKS

Dyaks of the See also:

• SARAWAK

Sarawak See also:

• RIVER

river in See also:

• BORNEO

Borneo esteem the See also:

• DURIAN (Malay, duri, a thorn)

durian above all other fruit, eat it unripe both cooked and raw, and See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt the pulp for use as a relish .with See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice . See Linschoten, Discours of Voyages, bk. i. See also:

• CHAP

chap . 57, p .

102, fol . (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1598); llickmcre, Travels in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

Archipelago, p . 91 (1868) ; Wallace, The Malay Archipelago (3rd ed., 1872) .