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    LEECHEE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often driedplay

    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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