Definition of "lychee" []

• Variant of litchi. (noun)

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• "Another fruit of Asian origin, lychee is a member of the soapberry family."
• "Well, a lychee is a rare sub-tropical fruit originating in South China where the lychee is very important in their culture and is famed as "the King of Fruits"."
• "This area is dominated by great clumps of timber bamboo towering 50 feet or more in height next to a grove of Asian fruits such as lychee, rambutan and star fruit."