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Fruit of a Chinese tree
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lychee
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
The lychee , litchi , liechee , liche , lizhi or li zhi , or lichee ( Litchi chinensis ; ) is the sole member of the genus Litchi in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae . It is a tropical and subtropical fruit tree native to the Guangdong and Fujian provinces ...
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n. 1 The Chinese tropical fruit tree ''Litchi chinensis'', of the soapberry family. 2 That tree's bright red oval fruit with a single stone surrounded by a fleshy white aril.
Usage examples of lychee.
Just a Canton revolt, an annual occurrence, like lychee gathering or First Moon cake.
The men sample numerous wines, indulged in rice, sucked the meat of fresh lychee, and onward.
Lychee tea is made from a black tea base and Lychee fruit from southern Chinese evergreens.
Tang emperor who had lychee fruit imported daily to please his favorite concubine, Feizi.
He must have taken his favorite path over the wall, along the branch of a large lychee tree that lay atop the stone.
You just wait until your cart pusher is filling a bag with lemons or lychee nuts, and then you grab your new cart and stride away.
But Wang merely turned aside, picking a lychee from one of the bowls and chewing leisurely at the soft, moist fruit before looking back at Hsiang.
Here are the kapok tree and the Java plum, the cannonball tree from Trinidad and the mango from India, the lipstick tree and the birdseye bush, the sweetheart orchid, which is not as many people think a parasite, and the lychee nut, whose fruit is much sought after by the Chinese.
Aldwych sat back, pushed away the plate of lychees and ginger ice-cream.
American millionairess playfully feeding you jasmined lychees from a Queen Anne silver spoon.
Close by, on low Ching dynasty tables, bowls of lychees, plums, and strawberries had been laid out.
He picked up one of the lychees and sniffed at it, then bit deep, lifting his pocket silk to his chin to dab at the trickle of juice.