noun
Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
• Hypernyms: ↑edible fruit
• Part Holonyms: ↑litchi, ↑lichee, ↑litchi tree, ↑Litchi chinensis, ↑Nephelium litchi
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nounsee litchi 1
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the brownish, dried litchi fruit.
[1875-80]
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litchi nut,
the litchi fruit when dried. It is of a brownish or black color and is edible.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.