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litchi

DEFINITIONS OF: litchi

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n Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium

Synonyms:
Litchi chinensis, Nephelium litchi, lichee, litchi tree
Type of:
fruit tree
tree bearing edible fruit

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

Synonyms:
leechee, lichee, lichi, litchee, litchi nut, lychee
Type of:
edible fruit
edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
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