PULASAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pulasan mean? 

• PULASAN (noun)
  The noun PULASAN has 2 senses:

1. East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan

2. fruit of an East Indian tree similar to the rambutan but sweeter

  Familiarity information: PULASAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PULASAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Nephelium mutabile; pulasan; pulasan tree; pulassan

Hypernyms ("pulasan" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "pulasan"):

pulasan; pulassan (fruit of an East Indian tree similar to the rambutan but sweeter)

Holonyms ("pulasan" is a member of...):

genus Nephelium; Nephelium (a genus of dicotyledonous trees of the family Sapindaceae that are native to Asia and Australia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fruit of an East Indian tree similar to the rambutan but sweeter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

pulasan; pulassan

Hypernyms ("pulasan" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("pulasan" is a part of...):

Nephelium mutabile; pulasan; pulasan tree; pulassan (East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan)