lychee


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lychee /ˈlʌɪtʃiː, ˈlɪ-/ (also litchi)
noun
  • 1 a small rounded fruit with sweet white scented flesh, a large stone, and thin rough skin.
  • 2 the Chinese tree which bears lychees. [Nephelium litchi.]
– origin C16: from Chin. lìzhī.
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