litchi

Noun

lychee (countable and uncountable, plural lychees)

1. The Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family.
2. That tree's bright red oval fruit with a single stone surrounded by a fleshy white aril.
   • 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.1928 October 13, The Argus, Melbourne, page 2, column 7
3. (uncountable) A soft pink-red colour, like that of a lychee rind (also called lychee red).