lychee
noun/ˈlaɪtʃi/
/ˈliːtʃi/, /ˈlaɪtʃi/
(also lichee)
(also litchi especially in North American English)
- a small East Asian fruit with thick, rough red skin and that is white inside with a large seedTopics Foodc2Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Chinese lìzhī.
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