noun
1. tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium
• Syn: ↑longan, ↑lungen, ↑Dimocarpus longan, ↑Euphorbia litchi, ↑Nephelium longana
• Hypernyms: ↑fruit tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dimocarpus, ↑genus Dimocarpus
• Part Meronyms: ↑dragon's eye
2. Asian fruit similar to litchi
• Syn: ↑dragon's eye
• Hypernyms: ↑edible fruit
• Part Holonyms: ↑longan, ↑lungen, ↑Dimocarpus longan, ↑Euphorbia litchi, ↑Nephelium longana
Useful english dictionary. 2012.