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Related to lichee: mango, Lychee nut
li·chee
(lē′chē)n.
Variant of litchi.
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lichee
(ˌlaɪˈtʃiː)n
(Plants) a variant spelling of litchi
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li•tchi
li•chee
(ˈli tʃi)n., pl. -tchis or -chees.
1. the fruit of a Chinese tree, Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family, consisting of a thin, brittle shell enclosing a sweet, jellylike pulp and a single seed.
2. the tree itself.
[1580–90; < New Latin < Chinese lìzhi (lì scallion + zhī branch)]
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| Noun | 1. |  lichee - Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nepheliumleechee, lichi, litchee, litchi nut, lychee, litchi, lichee - Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit genus Litchi - Chinese trees |
| 2. |  lichee - Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often driededible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh 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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