Definitions of lichee
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Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium
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synonyms:
Litchi chinensis, Nephelium litchi, litchi, litchi tree
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type of:
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fruit tree
tree bearing edible fruit
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fruit tree
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Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
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type of:
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edible fruit
edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
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edible fruit
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