LONGAN


Meaning of LONGAN in English

/long"geuhn/ , n.

1. the small, one-seeded, greenish-brown fruit of a large evergreen tree, Euphoria longana, of the soapberry family, native to China and allied to the litchi.

2. the tree itself.

Also, lungan .

[ 1725-35; longanum lóngyan lit., dragon's eye ]

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