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Lychee

2 stages from Chinese to English.

Today it means a small, sweet tropical fruit with a rough red skin and white flesh
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Stage 1 of 2
lizhi
Chinese · ancient
"lychee fruit"
the name for the sweet, fragrant tropical fruit
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Stage 2 of 2
lychee
English · 1700s
"a sweet, fragrant tropical fruit"
adopted through trade contact with China
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