pulassan
- noun
- Philippine
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pulasan
- The pulassan tree grows best in tropical climates and is popular for its sweet fruit.
Examples
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She prefers eating pulassan over rambutan because of its richer flavor.
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Local farmers harvest pulassan during the rainy season for sale at the market.
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I love eating pulassan during the summer.
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Have you ever tried pulassan?
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Local farmers harvest pulassan during the rainy season for sale at the market.
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She prefers eating pulassan over rambutan because of its richer flavor.
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The pulassan tree grows best in tropical climates and is popular for its sweet fruit.
Synonyms
A tropical tree that grows sweet red fruit like a rambutan
A tropical tree that grows sweet fruit like rambutan
A Southeast Asian tree that makes a sweet fruit like a rambutan
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pulassan comes from Malay parts pulas and -an, where pulas means 'to twist' and -an turns a verb into a thing. A helpful way to remember it is that you twist the fruit's skin to open it, so pulassan is the name for the tropical tree and its sweet fruit.
