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EUPHORBIA LITCHI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Euphorbia litchi mean? 

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

1. tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nepheliumplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


EUPHORBIA LITCHI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dimocarpus longan; Euphorbia litchi; longan; longanberry; lungen; Nephelium longana

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

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "Euphorbia litchi"):

dragon's eye; longanberry (Asian fruit similar to litchi)

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

Dimocarpus; genus Dimocarpus (longan)


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