LITCHI

litchi, litchi nut, litchee, lichi, leechee, lichee, lychee

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

litchi, lichee, litchi tree, Litchi chinensis, Nephelium litchi

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

litchi (plural litchis)

synonym of lychee

Anagrams

• lithic

Source: Wiktionary


Li"tchi`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: 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.] -- lite. See -lith.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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