leechee
/ˈliːtʃi/
noun
- A small, round fruit with a rough, reddish-brown shell and sweet, white, juicy flesh inside. It grows in clusters on a tropical tree.
- I bought a bag of fresh leechees from the farmer's market.
- She peeled the leechee carefully to avoid breaking the soft fruit inside.
- The leechee has a sweet flavor that reminds me of grapes and roses.
- The tropical tree that produces leechee fruit, native to Southeast Asia and now grown in many warm regions.
- The leechee tree in our backyard is full of ripe fruit this summer.
- A mature leechee can grow up to 40 feet tall and produce fruit for decades.
- Farmers in Florida have started planting leechee trees for the growing market.
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