Definition of litchi
English to English noun - Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium
source: WordNet 3.0 - Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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.
source: Webster 1913 - A genus of East Indian sapindaceous trees consisting of a single species (Litchi Chinensis, syn. Nephelium Litchi) which bears the litchi nut.
source: Webster 1913
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