荔枝

[ noun ]
Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium
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Litchi \Li"tchi`\ (l[=e]"ch[=e]`), n. (Bot.)
The fruit of a tree native to China ({Nephelium Litchi}). It
is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an
aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit
which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in
color and form. [Written also {lichi}, and {lychee}.]

2. (Bot.) A genus of East Indian sapindaceous trees
consisting of a single species ({Litchi Chinensis}, syn.
{Nephelium Litchi}) which bears the litchi nut.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

lichee \lichee\ n.
1. A Chinese tree ({Litchi chinensis}) cultivated especially
in the Philippines and India for its edible fruit, the
{litchi nut}; sometimes placed in the genus {Nephelium}.

Syn: litchi, litchi tree, {Litchi chinensis}, Nephelium
litchi.
[WordNet 1.5]

2. A Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a
sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried.

Syn: litchi, litchi nut, litchee, lichi, leechee, lychee.
[WordNet 1.5]


lichee \lichee\ n.
1. A Chinese tree ({Litchi chinensis}) cultivated especially
in the Philippines and India for its edible fruit, the
{litchi nut}; sometimes placed in the genus {Nephelium}.

Syn: litchi, litchi tree, {Litchi chinensis}, Nephelium
litchi.
[WordNet 1.5]

2. A Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a
sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried.

Syn: litchi, litchi nut, litchee, lichi, leechee, lychee.
[WordNet 1.5]