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lychee [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
Universal entry(ies)
Litchi chinensis
Latin
CONT

Native to South China, Lychee is an attractive glossy leafed evergreen tree growing 25 to 40 feet. The tree grows compactly with a nice round top and spreading branches. It is related to the Goldenrain tree and the akee fruit tree. Lychee develops small green-white flowers which grow in panicles close to 12 inches long in June or July in South Florida. These panicles then produce very tasty edible 'nuts' borne in large, red clusters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Arboriculture fruitière
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Litchi chinensis
Latin
CONT

Le lytchee est un arbre majestueux qui peut atteindre de 6 à 12 m de hauteur aux feuilles persistantes. Les fleurs se transforment en petit fruit globuleux à chair blanche et translucide avec, au centre, un gros noyau noir qui adhère à la chair. La coque (ou enveloppe) rouge et rugueuse s'enlève facilement avec les doigts. On les récolte généralement au mois d'août.

OBS

litchi: Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
DEF

The fruit of [the litchi], usually eaten dried or preserved: it consists of a single seed surrounded by a sweet, edible, raisinlike pulp, enclosed in a rough, brown, papery shell.

OBS

In a few days the fruits dehydrate naturally, the outer skin becomes brown and brittle, and the flesh becomes dry and shriveled like a raisin, somewhat musky in flavor. Because of this tendency, the fruits became known as "lychee nuts." This is a misunderstanding. They are not nuts, and the seed is not edible.

OBS

lychee; litchi: terms standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
CONT

Le litchi est recouvert d'une coque, rouge ou rosée, qui brunit à mesure que le fruit vieillit. Sa chair translucide est juteuse, croquante, très sucrée et très parfumée. Elle enrobe un noyau non comestible. La saveur du litchi évoque la fraise, la rose et le muscat. Il s'achète surtout frais ou en conserve dans un sirop.

OBS

Pluriel : litchis.

OBS

litchi: Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

litchi : Terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
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