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Definition of Lungen
1. Noun. Tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium.
Terms within: Dragon's Eye, Longanberry
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
Group relationships: Dimocarpus, Genus Dimocarpus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lungen
Literary usage of Lungen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Book Prices Current (1902)
"12mo, old calf. Donaldson and Cashing sale, Henkels', March 14,1902. (234) $13.00
9049 DIE LEBENSBESCHREIBUNG UND MERKWURDIGE HAND- lungen VON. Portrait. ..."
2. Letters of Thomas Carlyle, 1826-1836 by Thomas Carlyle (1888)
"Bowring wrote by return of post a very frank warm-looking Note, wishing to have
the "Nibe- lungen Article " directly : I have been cobbling at it for five ..."
3. The Boston Journal of Philosophy and the Arts by John White Webster, John Ware, Daniel Treadwell (1826)
"... Abhand- lungen. Altona. 1823. JL Memoir on Refractive and Dispersive Powers.
By M. FRAUENHOFER. 2. Transactions of the Royal Society, Edinburgh, Vol. ..."