Longan Definition
lŏnggən, lông-
noun
An Asian tree (Euphoria longana) of the soapberry family, bearing an edible fruit resembling a small litchi.
Webster's New World
This fruit.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- Nephelium longana
- Euphorbia litchi
- Dimocarpus longan
- longanberry
- lungen
Other Word Forms of Longan
Noun
Singular:
longan
Plural:
longansOrigin of Longan
New Latin longan specific epithet from Mandarin lóng yǎn from Middle Chinese lywŋ ŋjaːn´ (literally, dragon eye, from the appearance of the fruit's white pulp around the single large dark seed) lywŋ dragon ŋjaːn´ eye
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Sinitic trad. 龍眼, simpl. 龙眼 (Cantonese lung4 ngaan5, Mandarin lóngyÇŽn; literally, “dragon's eye").
From Wiktionary
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