litchi

noun

li·​tchi

variant spelling of lychee

1

or lychee nut or litchi nut or less commonly lichee nut : the small, oval to roundish fruit of a Chinese tree (Litchi chinensis) of the soapberry family having a rough or warty, yellow, pink, or reddish leathery rind and sweet to slightly acidic usually whitish edible flesh that surrounds a single large seed

Note: The lychee, grown commercially in tropical and subtropical regions, is a type of fruit called a drupe, and its edible flesh is the fruit's aril.

2

: a slow-growing tree that bears lychees and has glossy, leathery leaves and terminal clusters of tiny, apetalous, greenish-white to yellow flowers

Examples of litchi in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In 2002, the record price paid for a piece of fruit anywhere was broken when a single litchi weighing only half an ounce was sold at an auction in southern China for $67,000. —Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 13 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for litchi

• bitchy
• itchy
• pitchy

Kids Definition

litchi

variant of lychee