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Lucombe's Pine apple

/LUH-kuhms PIGHN/
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A variety of yellow, russeted eating apple raised around 1800 by Lucombe Pince & Co of Exeter in Devon. This mid-season variety is harvested from nid-September in South-East England and is at its best from October to November.

lumpfish

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A marine fish with a green or grey humped back and knobbly skin. It grows to about 60 cm (2 ft) and is found in the North Atlantic and Baltic. The male is oily but can be poached and the female is caught for its roe.

lump sucker

[English] plural lump suckers

Lumpfish. A marine fish with a green or grey humped back and knobbly skin. It grows to about 60 cm (2 ft) and is found in the North Atlantic and Baltic. The male is oily but can be poached and the female is caught for its roe.

lunartail rockcod

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A name for the coral trout, a deep coral pink grouper which makes for good eating. The flesh is sweet, firm and, surprisingly, milky white, like a cross between sea bass and turbot. Very good catch!

lungfish

[English] plural lungfish

A freshwater river fish with the ability to breathe air.

Lunigia between Liguria and Tuscany

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Luxembourg

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Luxembourgish

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Lwów

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lychee

[English] plural lychees

The lychee is an abundant tropical fruit of Chinese origin, growing on great fronds, with hard-skinned green shell maturing to dragon-pink and juicy, slippery flesh around a shiny black inedible stone when ripe.