Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lichee

2 senses of lichee

Sense 1
litchi, lichee, litchi tree, Litchi chinensis, Nephelium litchi -- (Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium)
       => fruit tree -- (tree bearing edible fruit)

Sense 2
litchi, litchi nut, litchee, lichi, leechee, lichee, lychee -- (Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried)
       => edible fruit -- (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)