longan

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An evergreen tree (Dimocarpus longan) native to China, having small yellowish-brown fruits with juicy white edible flesh.

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The fruit of this plant.

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An evergreen tree, Nephelium Longanum, closely related to the lichi, and yielding a similar but smaller and less palatable fruit. It is cultivated in China and the East Indies.

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The fruit itself, which is exported in a dried state. Also called dragon’s-eye.

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A pulpy fruit related to the litchi, and produced by an evergreen East Indian longanberry (Nephelium Longan).

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An evergreen tree, scientific name Dimocarpus longan, of the Sapindaceae family, native to southern China.

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The fruit from the longan tree.

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tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium