1. Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium
   "Fresh litchis are prized for their sweet translucent flesh"; "Fresh Nephelium litchis are prized for their sweet translucent flesh"; "The litchi tree produces sweet fruit with white translucent flesh";
   - lichee, litchi tree, Litchi chinensis, Nephelium litchi
    
2. A tropical Asian fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing sweet translucent pulp and a single seed
   "He like to snack on a fresh litchi";
   - litchi nut, lichi [rare], leechee [rare], lichee, lychee

Derived forms: litchis

Type of: edible fruit, fruit tree

Part of: genus Litchi

Encyclopedia: Litchi