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    LICHEE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often driedplay

    Synonyms:

    leechee; lichee; lichi; litchee; litchi; litchi nut; lychee

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

    Hypernyms ("lichee" is a kind of...):

    edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

    Holonyms ("lichee" is a part of...):

    lichee; litchi; Litchi chinensis; litchi tree; Nephelium litchi (Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nepheliumplay

    Synonyms:

    lichee; litchi; Litchi chinensis; litchi tree; Nephelium litchi

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("lichee" is a kind of...):

    fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

    Meronyms (parts of "lichee"):

    leechee; lichee; lichi; litchee; litchi; litchi nut; lychee (Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried)

    Holonyms ("lichee" is a member of...):

    genus Litchi (Chinese trees)

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