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LITCHEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does litchee mean? 

LITCHEE (noun)
  The noun LITCHEE has 1 sense:

1. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often driedplay

  Familiarity information: LITCHEE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LITCHEE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

leechee; lichee; lichi; litchee; litchi; litchi nut; lychee

Hypernyms ("litchee" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("litchee" is a part of...):

lichee; litchi; Litchi chinensis; litchi tree; Nephelium litchi (Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium)


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