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n. - Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed.

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Usage examples (11)
  • If you are interested in participating, please email me at lichi[email protected].
  • Orient, the lichi, ginko and water chestnut, and in Italy and India the varieties of the pine nut are used to considerable extent.
  • And so it goes with the following fruit trees; I will not try to give you all the figures: mango, guanabana, lichi, (? lemon), avocado,
  • This is a Dutch lugger from Samarcand, laden with raisins and fig-paste and lichi nuts and cream dates.
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