Litchi vs. Lychee: What's the Difference?

Variants of lychee.

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

Synonym of lychee

The fruit of this tree.

The fruit of a tree native to China (Nephelium Litchi). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in color and form.

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

A genus of East Indian sapindaceous trees consisting of a single species (Litchi Chinensis, syn. Nephelium Litchi) which bears the litchi nut.

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

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

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

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

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