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Definition of Lichee
1. Noun. Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium.
Terms within: Leechee, Lichi, Litchee, Litchi, Litchi Nut, Lychee
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
Group relationships: Genus Litchi
2. Noun. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried.
Generic synonyms: Edible Fruit
Group relationships: Litchi, Litchi Chinensis, Litchi Tree, Nephelium Litchi
Definition of Lichee
1. Noun. (alternative form of lychee) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lichee
1. litchi [n -S] - See also: litchi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lichee
Literary usage of Lichee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Mandarin-Romanized Dictionary of Chinese: Including New Terms and Phrases by Donald MacGillivray (1921)
"... O- dripping of water, to drop. the lichee, custard-apple. elegant, graceful;
beautiful. to shed one's blood ..."
2. A Manual of Gardening for Bengal and Upper India by Thomas Augustus Charles Firminger (1874)
"The fleshy part of the fruit, which resembles that of the lichee, is sweetish,
and, though not disagreeable, is vapid and vastly inferior in flavour to the ..."
3. Commercial Handbook of China by Julean Arnold (1920)
"A fruit found in South China somewhat resembling the lichee. Mace.—Chinese "
chien," a tenth part of a Chinese tael, liang, or ounce. Ma-loo. ..."
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