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EUPHORBIA LITCHI

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium

Synonyms:

Dimocarpus longan; Euphorbia litchi; longan; longanberry; lungen; Nephelium longana

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Euphorbia litchi" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "Euphorbia litchi"):

dragon's eye; longanberry (Asian fruit similar to litchi)

Holonyms ("Euphorbia litchi" is a member of...):

Dimocarpus; genus Dimocarpus (longan)

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