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lychee

Definitions of lychee
  1. noun
    Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
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    type of:
    vrucht
    edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
  2. noun
    Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium
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    type of:
    fruitboom, ooftboom, vruchtboom
    tree bearing edible fruit
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