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The fruit of a tree native to China (Nephelium Litchi). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in color and form. [Written also lichi, and lychee.] -- lite. See -lith.…

Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of fast; -- applied to persons. Literal contract (Law), contract of which the whole evidence is given in writing. Bouvier. -- Literal equation (Math.), an equation in which known quantities are expressed either wholly or in part by means of letters; -- dis…

A native, or one of the people, of Lithuania; also, the language of the Lithuanian people.

viva, under Vis. -- Living gale (Naut.), a heavy gale. Living rock or stone, rock in its native or original state or location; rock not quarried. " I now found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of which were cut of the living rock." Moore. -- The living, those who are alive, or one who is alive.…

A native or an inhabitant of Livonia; the language (allied to the Finnish) of the Livonians.

The heartwood of a tree (Hæmatoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called hæmatoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and bloodwood.

A native or inhabitant of Lombardy.

de. (Bot.) (a) A garden name for Saxifraga umbrosa, a hardy perennial herbaceous plant, a native of high lands in Great Britain. (b) A name anciently given to the Sweet William. Dr. Prior. -- London rocket (Bot.), a cruciferous plant (Sisymbrium Irio) which sprung up in London abundantly on the ruins of the great fire…

A native or inhabitant of London. Shak.

mildly sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all desire to return to it.

The state or quality of being lovely. If there is such a native loveliness in the sex as to make them victorious when in the wrong, how resistless their power when they are on the side of truth! Spectator.

A native or inhabitant of the Lowlands, especially of the Lowlands of Scotland, as distinguished from Highlander.

A native or inhabitant of Lucca, in Tuscany; in the plural, the people of Lucca.

eful to the taste; toothsome; excessively sweet or rich. And raisins keep their luscious, native taste. Dryden.

A native or inhabitant of Macedonia.

A native or inhabitant of Madagascar, or Madecassee; the language of the natives of Madagascar. See Malagasy.

A native or inhabitant of Madrid.

Native magnesium carbonate occurring in white compact or granular masses, and also in rhombohedral crystals.

A native or inhabitant of Majorca.

of the genus Calamus (C. Scipionum), and of a brown color, often mottled. The plant is a native of Cochin China, Sumatra, and Malays.