noun
- Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium.
- synonyms: lichee, litchi tree, Litchi chinensis, Nephelium litchi
- Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried.
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