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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An evergreen tree, Dimocarpus longan, of the Sapindaceae family, native to southern China.
2. 2
   tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium wordnet
3. 3
   The fruit from the longan tree.

Synonyms

All synonyms

dimocarpus longandragon's eyeeuphorbia litchilonganberrylungennephelium longana

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 龍眼 /龙眼 (lung⁴ ngaan⁵, literally “dragon’s eye”). Doublet of Longyan (“grape”).

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