longan (redirected from longans)

lon·gan  (lnggn, lông-)

n.

1. An Asian evergreen tree (Euphoria longan) having yellowish-brown drupes with white, juicy, edible flesh.

2. The fruit of this plant.

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[New Latin longan, specific epithet, from Chinese (Mandarin) lóng yn : lóng, dragon + yn, eye.]

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longan - tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium Dimocarpus longan, Euphorbia litchi, longanberry, lungen, Nephelium longana dragon's eye, longanberry - Asian fruit similar to litchi fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit Dimocarpus, genus Dimocarpus - longan