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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium;
[syn: longan, lungen, longanberry, Dimocarpus longan, Euphorbia litchi, Nephelium longana]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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 v.0.48:

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 Nephelium. Syn: longan, lungen, Dimocarpus longan, Euphoria litchi, Nephelium longana. [WordNet 1.5] 2. Asian fruit similar to litchi. Syn: dragon's eye. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

longan n 1: tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium [syn: longan, lungen, longanberry, Dimocarpus longan, Euphorbia litchi, Nephelium longana]