(n) Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried, Syn.lichee, lichi, litchee, lychee, litchi nut, leechee
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. (Bot.) 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Bot.) A genus of East Indian sapindaceous trees consisting of a single species (Litchi Chinensis, syn. Nephelium Litchi) which bears the litchi nut. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
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