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🌳 A tropical tree 🍒 A sweet fruit
lichee

lichee

8.1
A tropical evergreen tree that makes sweet red fruits
  • noun
  • /ˈliːtʃi/
  • Archaic
translation icon : lichi
  • As for Kitty, she put her head back down on the table, drifting, dreaming of Mao and Han Li, seated before a great mahogany table, peeling lichee nuts for one another.

Examples

  • The lichee fruit has a rough red skin and sweet, translucent flesh.

  • I enjoyed a refreshing dessert topped with slices of fresh lichee.

  • The market was filled with stalls selling ripe lichees ready for eating.

Synonyms

lychee
vslichee
5.9

A tree that keeps its leaves and produces edible fruit in warm climates

emphasizes sweet translucent flesh and rough red skin rather than aroma
Litchi chinensis
vslichee
  • Specialized
7.0

A tropical tree that produces sweet oval fruits with rough red skin called lychee

focuses on fruit that is sweet with translucent flesh and rough red skin
litchi tree
vslichee
  • UK
7.0

A tropical tree that grows sweet fruit with rough red skin

is specifically an evergreen tree from China with translucent flesh and rough red skin

Surface Forms

lichee singular
lichees plural
lychees plural
lychee singular

Etymology

Lichee comes from the Chinese name lizhi, pronounced 'lee-chee'. The English name came with the tree from China, so lichee is used for the tropical tree that makes the sweet red fruit.