Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed, often dried
English: litchi, litchi nut, litchee, lichi, leechee, lichee, lychee
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laiciBahasa Indonesia
lichee, litchi, Litchi chinensis, Nephelium litchi, leechee
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Noun
Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit, sometimes placed in genus Nephelium
English: litchi, lichee, litchi tree, Litchi chinensis, Nephelium litchi
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