longan
English

Longan fruits
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Cantonese 龍眼/龙眼 (lung4 ngaan5, literally “dragon's eye”). Doublet of Longyan (“grape”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɒŋɡən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɔŋɡən/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈlɑŋɡən/
Noun
longan (plural longans)
- An evergreen tree, Dimocarpus longan, of the Sapindaceae family, native to southern China.
- The fruit from the longan tree.
Synonyms
Translations
tree
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fruit
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Further reading
longan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dimocarpus longan on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Dimocarpus longan on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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