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Word: Lychee
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: from Chinese lìzhī
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
lʌɪˈtʃiː
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈlʌɪtʃiː
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈliːtʃiː
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈlɪtʃiː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a small rounded fruit with sweet white scented flesh, a large central stone, and a thin rough skin.
Short Definition:small rounded fruit with sweet white scented flesh, large central stone
Definition:
the Chinese tree that bears lychees.
Short Definition:Chinese tree which bears lychees
Variant Forms:
- litchi
- lichee
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