Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed

• Chinese fruit with a brittle shell
• Often dried
• Left duo holding check for fare from China
• Chinese fruit
• Chinese fruit with a brittle shell (Var.)
• Fruit of a Chinese tree (Var.)
• Chinese evergreen tree (Var.)
• Chinese tree or its fruit (var.)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Litchi \Li"tchi`\ (l[=e]"ch[=e]`), n. (Bot.) The fruit of a tree native to China ( Nephelium Litchi ). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit which is exported the pulp somewhat ...