Longan - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Longan :  (noun)

1: 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]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Longan : \Lon"gan\, n. (Bot.) A pulpy fruit related to the litchi, and produced by an evergreen East Indian tree ({Nephelium Longan).

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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