Longan (Nepelium Longan), one of the finest of fruits, of the same genus with the Litchi (q.v.), but reckoned superior to it.
Longan
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 709
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Longan (Nepelium Longan), one of the finest of fruits, of the same genus with the Litchi (q.v.), but reckoned superior to it.