du|ri|an

du|ri|an «DUR ee uhn», noun.

1. the bad-smelling but edible fruit of a tree of the bombax family of southeastern Asia, with a hard, prickly rind and cream-colored pulp: »

Piles of fruit—mangosteens, smelly durians, big green pomelos—lay about partly sheltered by banana leaves (New Yorker).

2. the tree itself.

╂[< Malay durian < duri thorn]