Longan

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Longan \Lon"gan\, n. (Bot.)
     A pulpy fruit related to the litchi, and produced by an
     evergreen East Indian {longanberry} ({Nephelium Longan}).
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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