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views updated May 23 2018li·tchi / ˈlēchē/ (also lychee or lichee) •
n. 1. a small rounded fruit with sweet white scented flesh, a large central stone, and a thin rough skin. Also called litchi nut when dried. 2. the Chinese tree (Nephelium litchi, or Litchi chinensis) of the soapberry family that bears this fruit.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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views updated May 14 2018Litchi (lichi, lychee; family Sapindaceae) A
monotypic genus of small trees, closely related to
Nephelium and producing a similar edible
arillate fruit, but in which the
pericarp is smooth. They are native to
China and the mountains of western Malesia and cultivated in warm temperate climates.
A Dictionary of Plant Sciences MICHAEL ALLABY
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views updated Jun 11 2018litchi, lichi, lychee Chinese fruit. XVI (
lechia,
lichea). — Chinese,
li-tchi.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
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views updated May 17 2018 A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition DAVID A. BENDER