LITCHI CHINENSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Litchi chinensis mean? 

• LITCHI CHINENSIS (noun)
  The noun LITCHI CHINENSIS has 1 sense:

1. Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium

  Familiarity information: LITCHI CHINENSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LITCHI CHINENSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

lichee; litchi; Litchi chinensis; litchi tree; Nephelium litchi

Hypernyms ("Litchi chinensis" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "Litchi chinensis"):

leechee; lichee; lichi; litchee; litchi; litchi nut; lychee (Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried)

Holonyms ("Litchi chinensis" is a member of...):

genus Litchi (Chinese trees)

 Context examples 

Recurrent outbreaks of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) among children in India and Bangladesh could be down to exposure to agrochemicals used in lychee orchards rather than consumption of the fruit of the Asian lychee tree (Litchi chinensis), according to recent research.

(Lychee deaths linked to pesticides, not the fruit, SciDev.Net)