Longan

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  • noun. An evergreen tree (Dimocarpus longan) native to China, having small yellowish-brown fruits with juicy white edible flesh.
  • noun. The fruit of this plant.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. The fruit itself, which is exported in a dried state. Also called dragon's-eye.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A pulpy fruit related to the litchi, and produced by an evergreen East Indian longanberry (Nephelium Longan).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An evergreen tree, scientific name Dimocarpus longan, of the Sapindaceae family, native to southern China.
  • noun. The fruit from the longan tree.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium
  • Word Usage
    "Amit said that local ingredients that are perceived to be beneficial to health such as longan, tremella and sesame have had applications in baked goods, as consumers are acquainted with their benefits and can quickly embrace products containing them."
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