litchi

Noun

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

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  litchi nut , litchee , lichi , leechee , lichee , lychee , litchi tree , Litchi chinensis , Nephelium litchi