lichee
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The moo shu pork came without any pancakes and where are the lichee nuts?
From Time Magazine Archive
Hanoi itself was very much as I remembered it�a 19th century French colonial city of yellow stucco buildings, scrupulously clean streets lined with lichee, pine and tamarind trees.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tomato, eggplant and pepper plants, mango and lichee nut trees are nourished in long rows by painstaking drip irrigation.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Francie brought a ticket and a dime back and pushed them across the counter, he gave her the wrapped shirt and two lichee nuts in exchange.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
Apples, pears, grapes, melons, and walnuts grow abundantly in the north; the southern fruits are the banana, the orange, the pineapple, the mango, the pomelo, the lichee, and similar fruits of a more tropical character.
From The Civilization of China by Giles, Herbert Allen
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