lychee

Definitions

1. The Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family.
   countable, uncountable
2. That tree's bright red oval fruit with a single stone surrounded by a fleshy white aril.
   countable, uncountable
3. A soft pink-red colour, like that of a lychee rind (also called lychee red).
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“No Chinese meal is complete⟳ without some succulent dim sims (pork minced with water chestnuts and enclosed in paste), and such sweets as honeyed lychee nuts and honeyed ginger.”

CEFR level