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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium;
[syn: litchi, lichee, litchi tree, Litchi chinensis, Nephelium litchi]

2. 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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

lichee \lichee\ n. 1. A Chinese tree (Litchi chinensis) cultivated especially in the Philippines and India for its edible fruit, the litchi nut; sometimes placed in the genus Nephelium. Syn: litchi, litchi tree, Litchi chinensis, Nephelium litchi. [WordNet 1.5] 2. A 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, lychee. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lichee n 1: Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium [syn: litchi, lichee, litchi tree, Litchi chinensis, Nephelium litchi] 2: 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]