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LITCHI TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does litchi tree mean? 

LITCHI TREE (noun)
  The noun LITCHI TREE has 1 sense:

1. Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nepheliumplay

  Familiarity information: LITCHI TREE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LITCHI TREE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

lichee; litchi; Litchi chinensis; litchi tree; Nephelium litchi

Hypernyms ("litchi tree" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "litchi tree"):

leechee; lichee; lichi; litchee; litchi; litchi nut; lychee (Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried)

Holonyms ("litchi tree" is a member of...):

genus Litchi (Chinese trees)


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