LYCHEE
Dictionary entry overview: What does lychee mean? • LYCHEE (noun)
The noun LYCHEE has 1 sense:
1. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
Familiarity information: LYCHEE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LYCHEE (noun)
Meaning:
Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
leechee; lichi; litchee; litchi nut; lychee; lichee; litchi
Hypernyms ("lychee" is a kind of...):
edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
Holonyms ("lychee" is a part of...):
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)
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