lychee
    n 1: Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet
         jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried [syn:
         litchi, litchi nut, litchee, lichi, leechee,
         lichee, lychee]

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.]
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   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.]

Lychee \Ly"chee`\, n. (Bot.)
   See Litchi.
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