| NOUN | plant | lichee, litchi, litchi tree, Litchi chinensis, Nephelium litchi | Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit |
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| food | lichee, litchi, litchi nut, litchee, lichi, leechee, lychee | Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed |
| Meaning | Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium. | |
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| Synonyms | litchi, litchi tree, Litchi chinensis, Nephelium litchi | |
| Member of | genus Litchi | Chinese trees |
| Parts | litchi, litchi nut, litchee, lichi, leechee, lichee, lychee | Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed |
| Broader | fruit tree | Tree bearing edible fruit |
| Spanish | Nephelium litchi | |
| Catalan | litxi | |
| Meaning | Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried. | |
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| Synonyms | litchi, litchi nut, litchee, lichi, leechee, lychee | |
| Part of | litchi, lichee, litchi tree, Litchi chinensis, Nephelium litchi | Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit |
| Broader | edible fruit | edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh |
| Spanish | lichi, litchee, litchi chinensis | |
| Catalan | litxi | |
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