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lychee

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Lychees

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Etymology

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From Cantonese 荔枝 (lai6 zi1). Doublet of litchi.

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Noun

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lychee (countable and uncountable, plural lychees)

  1. The Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family.
  3. That tree's bright red oval fruit with a single stone surrounded by a fleshy white aril.
    • 1928 October 13, The Argus, Melbourne, page 2, column 7:
      No Chinese meal is complete without some succulent dim sims (pork minced with water chestnuts and enclosed in paste), and such sweets as honeyed lychee nuts and honeyed ginger.
  4. (uncountable) A soft pink-red colour, like that of a lychee rind (also called lychee red).
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References

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  • The OED lists this as a variant of litchi.
  • Webster’s Third New International lists this as a variant of litchi.

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Cantonese 荔枝 (lai6 zi1).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ly‧chee

Noun

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lychee m (plural lychees, diminutive lycheetje n)

  1. lychee (Litchi chinensis)

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