GENUS LITCHI
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Litchi mean? • GENUS LITCHI (noun)
The noun GENUS LITCHI has 1 sense:
1. Chinese trees
Familiarity information: GENUS LITCHI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS LITCHI (noun)
Meaning:
Chinese trees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Litchi" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "genus Litchi"):
lichee; litchi; Litchi chinensis; litchi tree; Nephelium litchi (Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium)
Holonyms ("genus Litchi" is a member of...):
family Sapindaceae; Sapindaceae; soapberry family (chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins)
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