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LEECHEE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
Synonyms:
leechee; lichee; lichi; litchee; litchi; litchi nut; lychee
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("leechee" is a kind of...):
edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
Holonyms ("leechee" is a part of...):
lichee; litchi; Litchi chinensis; litchi tree; Nephelium litchi (Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium)
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