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lychee

lychee

5.9
A tree that keeps its leaves and produces edible fruit in warm climates
  • noun
  • /ˈliːtʃi/
translation icon : árbol de lichi
  • "From running a lychee repository for more than a decade, we've learned a lot of secrets about how to grow this crop," says Zee.
  • lychee tree

Examples

  • The village elders met met under lychee tree to put a value on Payara Begum's grotesquely ruined face.

  • The market on Saturday features a variety of tropical fruits, including lychee and mangosteen.

  • In summer, I love to eat fresh lychee because of its sweet flavor and juicy texture.

  • She prepared a refreshing dessert with chopped lychee, coconut milk, and a sprinkle of mint.

Synonyms

Litchi chinensis
vslychee
  • Specialized
7.0

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

is the general common term used across Asia for the same tree
Nephelium litchi
vslychee
  • Specialized
9.8

A tropical tree that grows lychee fruit

is the everyday name seen in markets and speech
lichee
vslychee
  • Archaic
8.1

A tropical evergreen tree that makes sweet red fruits

focuses more on aroma and general cultivation across Asia
litchi tree
vslychee
  • UK
7.0

A tropical tree that grows sweet fruit with rough red skin

is native to China and cultivated widely throughout Asia

Surface Forms

lychee singular
lychees plural

Etymology

Lychee comes from the Cantonese name lai-chi and the Mandarin name lìzhī, both heard as 'lee-chee' by English speakers. That's why lychee can also mean the evergreen tree that produces the same sweet fruit.