longan Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet


Lon"gan noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A pulpy fruit related to the litchi, and produced by an evergreen East Indian tree (Nephelium Longan).

Webster 1913