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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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