lychee
Noun 1. A tropical fruit: A lychee is a small, round fruit native to China. It has a rough, reddish, and brittle outer shell (pericarp). Inside, the edible part is a sweet, translucent white pulp (aril) that has a jelly-like texture and surrounds a single, large, brown seed.
The word "lychee" is used as a countable noun to refer to the individual fruit. * I bought a kilogram of fresh lychees at the market. * The flavor of a ripe lychee is uniquely sweet and floral. * Would you like to try this lychee?
- As a modifier: "Lychee" can be used attributively to describe other items that have the flavor or characteristic of the fruit.
- I ordered a lychee martini.
- This candle has a subtle lychee scent.
- Litchi: An alternative spelling for "lychee."
- Lychee nut: A term sometimes used for the dried form of the fruit.
- Litchi: (The direct synonym, being an alternate spelling).
- There are no perfect conceptual synonyms for this specific fruit, but it can be generally described as a tropical stone fruit.
The word "lychee" almost exclusively refers to the fruit (Litchi chinensis). Its meaning does not commonly extend to other concepts. The primary distinction in usage is between the fresh fruit and the dried fruit (sometimes called lychee nut), as referenced in the provided definition.
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Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
