Found 2 items, similar to litchi.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: litchi
litchi
n 1: Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India
for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus
Nephelium [syn:
lichee,
litchi tree,
Litchi chinensis
,
Nephelium litchi]
2: Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet
jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried [syn:
litchi nut
,
litchee,
lichi,
leechee,
lichee,
lychee]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Litchi
Litchi
\Li"tchi`\ (l[=e]"ch[=e]`), n. (Bot.)
The fruit of a tree native to China (
Nephelium Litchi). It
is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an
aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit
which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in
color and form. [Written also
lichi, and
lychee.]
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) A genus of East Indian sapindaceous trees
consisting of a single species (
Litchi Chinensis, syn.
Nephelium Litchi) which bears the litchi nut.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]