Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An evergreen tree (Litchi chinensis) native to China, cultivated for its bright red fruits with sweet white pulp surrounding a large seed.
- noun The fruit of this tree.
- noun The dried fruit of this tree.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) See
litchi .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
Chinese tropical fruittree Litchi chinensis , of thesoapberry family. - noun That tree's bright red oval
fruit with a singlestone surrounded by a fleshy whitearil .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Another fruit of Asian origin, lychee is a member of the soapberry family.
Exotic summer refreshment: a guide to Mexico's tropical fruit 2007
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Another fruit of Asian origin, lychee is a member of the soapberry family.
Exotic summer refreshment: a guide to Mexico's tropical fruit 2007
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Well, a lychee is a rare sub-tropical fruit originating in South China where the lychee is very important in their culture and is famed as "the King of Fruits".
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Well, a lychee is a rare sub-tropical fruit originating in South China where the lychee is very important in their culture and is famed as "the King of Fruits".
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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This area is dominated by great clumps of timber bamboo towering 50 feet or more in height next to a grove of Asian fruits such as lychee, rambutan and star fruit.
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Lychee Pork 荔枝肉 The "lychee" in this dish is actually pork.
Chinalyst - China blogs in English thebeijinger 2010
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In Hong Kong, there are specialty cocktails like the Ning sling, a brew of mandarin orange vodka, lychee liqueur, mint leaves, and passion fruit.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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In Hong Kong, there are specialty cocktails like the Ning sling, a brew of mandarin orange vodka, lychee liqueur, mint leaves, and passion fruit.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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If you enjoy the Arctic chill, there is the Bermuda Triangle, a "brain freeze" slush with Cacha ç a, coconut and lychee that is a little like sticking your tongue to frozen metal, but a lot more fun.
Sunshine in a Glass 2011
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I'll have to take Mr. Turgeman's word that it also boasted notes of beeswax, ginger, rose water, Turkish Delight and lychee nuts.
A Stinky Job, but... 2012
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