litchi chinensis

Questions about litchi chinensis

What does litchi chinensis mean?

litchi chinensis means "Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium".

What is another word for litchi chinensis?

Close synonyms include litchi, lichee, litchi tree, Nephelium litchi. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is litchi chinensis a common word?

litchi chinensis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.