durian

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Any of several trees, genus Durio, of Southeast Asia.
2. (countable, uncountable)The spiky edible fruit of this tree, known for its strong taste and very strong, unpleasant odor.

   “The Mangosteen, Lansat, Rambutan, Jack, Jambou, and Blimbing, are all abundant; but most abundant and most esteemed is the Durian, a fruit about which very little is known in England, but which both by natives and Europeans in the Malay Archipelago is reckoned superior to all others.”

   “The dessert I thoroughly enjoyed, for the various fruits of Singapore are delicious. One of them, the "durion," exhales a most noxious perfume, but is pleasant to the palate.”

   “Old women crouched over bags of Siamese rice, skeps of red and green peppers, purple egg-plants, bristly rambutans, pineapples, durians.”

3. (uncountable)A deep, rich yellow colour, like that of durian flesh (also called durian yellow).

name

1. A barangay of San Fernando, Bukidnon, Philippines.
2. A barangay of Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte, Philippines.
3. A barangay of Picong, Lanao del Sur, Philippines.