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From the common method of holding the fruit in both hands and twisting the skin to open it.
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the edible fruit of the tree Nephelium ramboutan-ake (sometimes referred to as Nephelium mutabile), which has a thick, spiky, reddish-brown skin and sweet, translucent white flesh. It is a close relative of the rambutan, and also more distantly related to the lychee and longan.