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duryan [dúryan] n Fruit species; Durian (as of a fruit with soft white flesh but an extremely bad smell which spreads widely. It is a fruit which is either loved or hated due to the smell). durian [The fruit is very large, covered by a hard shell with hard, sharp spines. The flesh is softand has the consistency of cheese with the odor of very-rank, bad-smelling cheese or human feces. The seeds are eaten either boiled or roasted. The root is medicinal, taking a decoction for fever when the fever has lasted for three days. The leaves and roots are used in a compound for fever, and the leaves in a medicinal bath for jaundice.] Durio Zibethinus (sem. domains: 5.2.3.1.2 - Food from fruit.)