longan – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Longan
Dimocarpus longan, commonly known as the
longan (
UK: ;
US: ), is a tropical tree that produces edible fruit. It is one of the better-known tropical members of the
soapberry family (Sapindaceae), to which the
lychee also belongs. It is native to Southern Asia.
longan
Noun
1. tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphoria or Nephelium
(synonym) lungen, longanberry, Dimocarpus longan, Euphoria litchi, Nephelium longana
(hypernym) fruit tree
(member-holonym) Dimocarpus, genus Dimocarpus
(part-meronym) longanberry, dragon's eye
Longan
(n.)
A pulpy fruit related to the litchi, and produced by an evergreen East Indian tree (Nephelium Longan).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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longan
n. ลำไย (syn. lungan)
