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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024li•chee (lē′chē),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologylitchi.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lichee /ˌlaɪˈtʃiː/ n - a variant spelling of litchi
li•tchi /ˈlitʃi/USA pronunciation n., pl. -tchis. - Plant Biologythe fruit of a Chinese tree made up of a thin, brittle shell around a sweet, jellylike pulp and a single seed: [uncountable]some sweet litchi.[countable]Bring back four litchis.
- Plant Biology[countable] the tree itself.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024li•tchi (lē′chē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tchis. - Plant Biologythe fruit of a Chinese tree, Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family, consisting of a thin, brittle shell enclosing a sweet, jellylike pulp and a single seed.
- Plant Biologythe tree itself.
Also, leechee, lichee. - Chinese lìzhi (lì scallion + zhī branch)
- Neo-Latin
- 1580–90
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: litchi, lichee, lichi, lychee /ˌlaɪˈtʃiː/ n - a Chinese sapindaceous tree, Litchi chinensis, cultivated for its round edible fruits
- the fruit of this tree, which has a whitish juicy edible aril
Etymology: 16th Century: from Cantonese lai chi |