Lichee vs. Lychee — What's the Difference?

Variant of litchi.

Lychee (US: LEE-chee; UK: LIE-chee; Litchi chinensis; Chinese: 荔枝; pinyin: lìzhī; Jyutping: lai6 zi1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāi-chi) is the sole member of the genus Litchi in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. It is a tropical tree native to the Guangdong and Fujian provinces of southeastern China, where cultivation is documented from the 11th century.

Alternative form of lychee

An evergreen tree (Litchi chinensis) native to China, cultivated for its bright red fruits with sweet white pulp surrounding a large seed.

A Chinese tree (Litchi chinensis) cultivated especially in the Philippines and India for its edible fruit, the litchi nut; sometimes placed in the genus Nephelium.

The fruit of this tree.

A Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried.

The dried fruit of this tree. Also called lychee nut.

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

The Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family.

Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried

That tree's bright red oval fruit with a single stone surrounded by a fleshy white aril.

A soft pink-red colour, like that of a lychee rind (also called lychee red).

See Litchi.

Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried