Crossword clues for lychee
lychee
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 resembles a raisin in color and form. [Written also lichi, and lychee.]
2. (Bot.) A genus of East Indian sapindaceous trees consisting of a single species ( Litchi Chinensis, syn. Nephelium Litchi) which bears the litchi nut.
Wiktionary
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.
WordNet
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 of China, and now cultivated in many parts of the world. The fresh fruit has a "delicate, whitish pulp" with a floral smell and a fragrant, sweet flavor. Since this perfume-like flavor is lost in the process of canning, the fruit is usually eaten fresh.
An evergreen tree reaching tall, the lychee bears fleshy fruits that are up to 5 cm long and 4 cm wide (2.0 in × 1.6 in), approximately 20g. The outside of the fruit is covered by a pink-red, roughly textured rind that is inedible but easily removed to expose a layer of sweet, translucent white flesh. Lychees are eaten in many different dessert dishes, and are especially popular in China, throughout Southeast Asia, along with South Asia and parts of Southern Africa.
China is the main producer of lychees, followed by India ( Bihar accounts for 71% of annual production in India), with production occurring among other countries in Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent and South Africa.
Lychee has a history of cultivation in China going back to 1059 AD. Cultivation began in the area of southern China, Malaysia, and Vietnam. Wild trees still grow in parts of southern China and on Hainan Island. There are many stories of the fruit's use as a delicacy in the Chinese Imperial Court. It was first described and introduced to the West in 1656 by Michal Boym, a Polish Jesuit missionary (at that time Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth).
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.