'lichee' definitions:
Definition of 'lichee'
From: WordNet
noun
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]
noun
Definition of 'lichee'
From: GCIDE
- 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]