lychee
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4.7
- noun
- /ˈliːtʃi/
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lichi
- Maybe you've eased into an elegant dinner with a bowl of chilled lychee soup or lingered over a delicious dessert of lychee ice cream.
- lychee and longan
Well, you, you asked for a lychee martini and I've made this for you.
- Well, you, you asked for a lychee martini and I've made this for you.
- This is Eden juicy apple and Eden sparkling sparkling lychee.
- Like girl, I've had strawberry, but Peach and lychee.
Examples
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"The lychee and longan collections here at Hilo are among the best outside of China and Southeast Asia," says Zee.
Academic text (2004) -
The ARS repository at Hilo houses many kinds of lychee that are grown in Hawaii.
Academic text (2004) -
All right guys, so we got some lychees from the farmers market.
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I like lychee sorbet more than the fruit itself, and it is a great third choice.
Blog text (22) -
Well, you, you asked for a lychee martini and I've made this for you.
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At the tropical fruit market, I bought a basket of lychees to enjoy at home.
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The sweet flavor of the lychee made it the perfect addition to the fruit salad.
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She decided to try the lychee for the first time and loved its juicy, fragrant flesh.
Synonyms
1
7.4
A small round Chinese fruit with a thin shell, soft sweet inside, and one seed
A small round fruit with thin red skin and sweet flesh
A small round Chinese fruit with a thin brittle shell, sweet white flesh, and a single seed
A small round fruit with thin rough skin, sweet white flesh, and a single hard seed
How Sweet
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lychee comes from the Chinese name lìzhī and the Cantonese name lai-chi, which English speakers heard as 'lee-chee'. Because English borrowed this original name, lychee is the word we use for the small, sweet fruit from China.