lychee
/ˈliːtʃi/
noun
- A small, round fruit with a rough, pinkish-red skin and sweet, white, juicy flesh inside, which grows on a tree native to China.
- I bought a bag of fresh lychees from the farmers' market.
- The lychee tree in our backyard is full of ripe fruit this summer.
- She peeled a lychee and popped the sweet fruit into her mouth.
- The evergreen tree (Litchi chinensis) that produces lychee fruit.
- Lychee trees need plenty of water during the growing season.
- The lychee can grow up to 40 feet tall in tropical climates.
- We planted a young lychee near the patio for shade and fruit.