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# durian

«durian» in Mova's school dictionary: **a big, spiky tropical fruit from Southeast Asia with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a durian, durians)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A durian is a big, spiky tropical fruit from Southeast Asia with soft, creamy flesh inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/durian/#m1)

2) It is famous for its very strong smell, which some people love and many find awful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/durian/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Geography and food lessons about Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore). In stories it is a funny or exotic detail. Some hotels and trains ban it because of the smell. Phrases: durian fruit, king of fruits.

### examples

- A durian is covered in sharp spikes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/durian/#x1)
- The durian smelled so strong we opened the windows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/durian/#x2)
- In Singapore some trains have signs saying no durians. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/durian/#x3)
- People call the durian the king of fruits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/durian/#x4)
- My friend from Malaysia loves durian ice cream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/durian/#x5)
- Carry a durian carefully, the spikes can hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/durian/#x6)

### note

Countable. Say «DOOR-ee-an». It is a real fruit, not invented. The smell is real but harmless; tastes are personal. It grows on tall trees, and falling durians can hurt people.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «durian» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/durian/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.