- Longan
- Longan Lon"gan, n. (Bot.) A pulpy fruit related to the litchi, and produced by an evergreen East Indian {longanberry} ({Nephelium Longan}). [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Longan
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longan — longanberry longanberry n. A tree ({Dimocarpus longan}) of Southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet translucent fleshed edible fruit (the {longan}) resembling litchi nuts; it is sometimes placed in genera {Euphoria} or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
longan — noun Etymology: Chinese (Beijing) lóngyaˇn, literally, dragon s eye Date: 1732 1. a pulpy fruit related to the lychee and produced by a southeast Asian evergreen tree (Euphoria longan syn. Dimocarpus longan) of the soapberry family 2. a tree that … New Collegiate Dictionary
longan — noun a) An evergreen tree, scientific name Dimocarpus longan, of the Sapindaceae family, native to southern China. b) The fruit from the longan tree … Wiktionary
longan — /long geuhn/, n. 1. the small, one seeded, greenish brown fruit of a large evergreen tree, Euphoria longana, of the soapberry family, native to China and allied to the litchi. 2. the tree itself. Also, lungan. [1725 35; < NL longanum < Chin… … Universalium
longan — [ lɒŋg(ə)n] noun an edible juicy fruit from a SE Asian plant (Dimocarpus longan) related to the lychee. Origin C18: from Chin. lóngyǎn, lit. dragon s eye … English new terms dictionary
