litchi tree

Questions about litchi tree

What does litchi tree mean?

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

What is another word for litchi tree?

Close synonyms include litchi, lichee, Litchi chinensis, 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 tree a common word?

litchi tree 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.